People with direct experience with the elements of the OP (Newegg's security or lack thereof) voicing their fully-informed opinions. Maybe a Newegg CSR or security admin. Everybody else is just piling bullshit on top of more bullshit, because we really don't know anything beyond the alleged experience of one customer with a blag.
It was said better in another recent comment thread (I forget where): HN comments these days are full of people trying to sound like experts when they have no idea what they are talking about. I post about twice per day, max, and I think that's already more than I deserve to be able to say. Maybe that's what could be enforced here, so that people would really think hard before wasting a comment on hypothetical asides or repeating the same thing ten other people said.
I'd rather read the other comments than musing by some 'old timers' about how far HN has gone downhill. Not sure whether I need to mention Eternal September or not.
Your perspective reminds me of some people on Stack Overflow who have a particular concept of how everyone else should post. If the people here don't live up to your ideals, maybe you should invite someone who works for Newegg to come comment. Hoping everyone else is going to stay quiet until the commenter of your dreams drops by probably isn't much use.
It was said better in another recent comment thread (I forget where): HN comments these days are full of people trying to sound like experts when they have no idea what they are talking about. I post about twice per day, max, and I think that's already more than I deserve to be able to say. Maybe that's what could be enforced here, so that people would really think hard before wasting a comment on hypothetical asides or repeating the same thing ten other people said.