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You can be sure Facebook and Google will be first in line to harvest your thoughts if that ever becomes possible.

You should ask the internet to decide for you. That always works out well.

'Cause I'm good enough, smart enough...

I'll never feel bad about hurting an industry that is responsible for things like "advocate marketing". The only problem I have with ad blockers is that they don't cause enough suf…

No thanks.

But not as well as some of the people right here on HN.

In a world of participation trophies, pointing out flaws is frowned upon.

So it does what other companies have been doing since the beginning of time? Oh, but it's an "app". Totally innovative, then.

While we're at it, let's have BP teach us all why their oil spills and dumping of even more toxic chemicals into the ocean to cover those spills up are really no big deal.

By your logic, 419 scammers aren't trying to manipulate people... just "convince" them.

Facebook has already managed to turn a large portion of the population into what I would consider "artificial", so may as well go one step further and make it official. I can't wai…

> Secondly, con-artists are people that mislead and manipulate other people to have a (personal) gain, either financially or otherwise. That appears to be exactly what you're doing…

> We could start recording everything that happens You're in luck! Facebook, Google, and many of the wonderful, selfless people who post on HN are already working on that... or at …

Why not take it one step further and throw medical records up there too? I'm sure the world would love to hear about that yellowish discharge you went to your doctor about.

Creeps gonna creep.

Plenty of people would prefer not to have their personal data harvested, too... but I doubt that would stop you or your roommate from creeping on them as much as possible. Can't he…