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i never attacked somebody for having a russian flag or being russian....
Why are they so offensive? they act like bad people, like if they were invaders with no morals
While I strongly disagree with Valve’s stance here, Hacker News isn’t meant to be used like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufvjmj/does_valve_... > Post this on hackernews. … It will almost certain cause a stir. I've even seen people that have disappeared into googles customer service black hole get a response due to posting here. Fair enough, but: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufvjmj/does…
While I strongly disagree with Valve’s stance here, Hacker News isn’t meant to be used like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufvjmj/does_valve_... > Post this on hackernews. … It will almost certain cause a stir. I've even seen people that have disappeared into googles customer service black hole get a response due to posting here. Fair enough, but: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufvjmj/does…
Although I completely agree that Valve should be held accountable, this is an abuse of HN and I would rather see the post and new accounts removed, so we can start over correctly.
You realize that companies ranging from small startups to GitHub run bots that scan for posts related to their companies and have staff manuals on coordinating a response on social media, including HN? Whether you realize it or not, likely every post about a company/product on HN is being manipulated and/or full of astroturfers.
Have you noticed that blog posts by a random startup nobody has heard of will get decently upvoted, just enough to stay on the first page for ~12 hours, despite there not really being anything novel or interesting about the post? A great example would be "securing SSH" posts that are just a half-assed re-write of an open source project's guide, where the 'author' didn't even bother to re-order tips.
Have you noticed that signing up for an account doesn't require a pulse? No captcha, no email verification, nothin'.
Have you noticed that this is a forum run by a venture capitalist firm? Ask yourself what their motivation is for keeping something like this running. If you think it's altruism...have you met a SV VCer?
Early on in the war, I wondered why Valve didn't completely block russian users - no one was interested in listening. I'm disappointed in Valve.
What on earth does this accomplish other than just fuck random people over?
And please spare the "it'll get them to revolt" line. It doesn't.
I've lived in Iran. Restrictions the west puts on the internet just makes it easier for the Iranian govt to create iranian only alternatives to them. It does not get people to go risk their lives to revolt.
And, if you think people will just revolt when they find out the fucked up shit their state is doing. The west is literally a counter point to that.
Early on in the war, I wondered why Valve didn't completely block russian users - no one was interested in listening. I'm disappointed in Valve.