Indeed, and the shock value is necessary given the low quality anti West garbage emanating from the Russia * * camp.
My assertion is that HN has been overtaken by intelligent / unethical / ostensibly respectful trolls. I know a thing or two about this; such behavior used to occur only on Reddit. Why does Snowden exist as a public figure? I have evidence. No I’m not sharing it now.
Topic remains valid. Humanity can’t even agree on what kinds of privacy and for whom are best for society. Conversation hasn’t even occurred yet.
Witness how my comment was cleaned up to be respectful, leaving only the relevant parts, only to end up downvoted into the ether. It would be nice if a moderator could unflag my original comment since it’s relevant, as another commenter pointed out.
My assertion is that HN has been overtaken by intelligent / unethical / ostensibly respectful trolls. I know a thing or two about this; such behavior used to occur only on Reddit. Why does Snowden exist as a public figure? I have evidence. No I’m not sharing it now.
Topic remains valid. Humanity can’t even agree on what kinds of privacy and for whom are best for society. Conversation hasn’t even occurred yet.
Witness how my comment was cleaned up to be respectful, leaving only the relevant parts, only to end up downvoted into the ether. It would be nice if a moderator could unflag my original comment since it’s relevant, as another commenter pointed out.