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I did that for Steve Jobs. I personally want to read every new element about the Snowden effect but I realize not everyone else does.
Do you honestly believe we've understood this surveillance complex enough that we can keep on with our lives? Why accept that "PRISM [won't go] away" or that "Snowden's fate is grim"? Honestly? Is this cause not worth fighting for anymore?
Is posting hundreds of mundane "news" articles with no substance really fighting?
It is irritating, that's for sure.
PS - Hi NSA.
Do you honestly believe we've understood this surveillance complex enough that we can keep on with our lives? Why accept that "PRISM [won't go] away" or that "Snowden's fate is grim"? Honestly? Is this cause not worth fighting for anymore?
Is posting hundreds of mundane "news" articles with no substance really fighting?
Seeing the entire front page of HN covered in stories on it might be slightly annoying but it is much better than the alternative (no coverage) IMHO.
>whereisedwardsnowden.com is already registered, but these options are available...
Unfortunately what makes good click bait also makes good upvote bait and most people will just fall for it unthinkingly. And looking at the comments so far, apparently will defend doing so.
Yes there are larger issues at stake which are why these people are in the news, but 99% of the stories being upvoted have nothing to do with the larger issue and are instead press releases with no interesting content, meant solely to drive clicks and in the case of older stories like Kim Dotcom, meant to keep their names in the news.
Stop being a sucker; be more critically minded with what you choose to upvote and read.
Agreed. At some point I flagged every snowden/NSA story on the front page (I believe it was 28 out of 30). I don't seem to be able to flag any more so I guess that was picked up as abuse, so unfortunately I can't flag any more of these stories. I wouldn't mind seeing stories on all of this, as long as they are only posted when something interesting has actually happened, as opposed to just because there hasn't been a…
Things people like gets upvoted and rise to the top. You did abuse the system, because you used the flagging as a downvote button. This is not Reddit.