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Don't believe everything you read, first, that guy ('Russian zuckerberg') is a douche known for his freaky escapades like throwing money out of the office's window and watching people fight for them, second. What is he proud about? That Snowden became a pawn in Putin's game while our own Russian protesters get prosecuted in fake cases? He's just one dumb motherfucker who got rich by stealing the facebook idea.
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I don't doubt he is not a usual person, but taking glee at people fighting over money that you throw out of the window is hardly "eccentric". But then 2008 was 5 years ago and people change fast.
Opinion about someone throwing money out of the window works both ways: the more you dislike how one guy caused others to fight over paper, the more you should dislike fighters for what they do. Unlike ancient times when a king throwing money around would be the same person who robs his citizens, Durov did not steal from anyone. Everyone who was fighting for money are responsible for their free choice. Durov is respo…
The bottom line is that he enjoyed seeing people fight over his money. I have no empathy for the guy, he's an asshole.
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> Ok, back to the echo chamber. 4 downvotes and this message disappears. Well, I do need to try occasionally. HN used to be a great site. I'm sorry but this kind of comment is what makes HN worse. From the HN guidelines: "Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you."
Except they're correct. HN has always been an echo chamber and the groupthink here is thicker than most places.
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> Ok, back to the echo chamber. 4 downvotes and this message disappears. Well, I do need to try occasionally. HN used to be a great site. I'm sorry but this kind of comment is what makes HN worse. From the HN guidelines: "Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you."
Except they're correct. HN has always been an echo chamber and the groupthink here is thicker than most places.
There are plenty of places on the internet do discuss politics, this doesn't need to be one of them.
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Opinion about someone throwing money out of the window works both ways: the more you dislike how one guy caused others to fight over paper, the more you should dislike fighters for what they do. Unlike ancient times when a king throwing money around would be the same person who robs his citizens, Durov did not steal from anyone. Everyone who was fighting for money are responsible for their free choice. Durov is respo…
Yeah, sure, big words. The bottom line is that he enjoyed seeing people fight over his money. I have no empathy for the guy, he's an asshole.
And many people around were not even trying to get into this, proving that no one was forced to participate. But you prefer to not look at that fact.
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Except they're correct. HN has always been an echo chamber and the groupthink here is thicker than most places.
It's been worse lately, I wish all political debates were banned in this place. IMO HN should be a technical forum first and foremost. There are plenty of places on the internet do discuss politics, this doesn't need to be one of them.
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Except they're correct. HN has always been an echo chamber and the groupthink here is thicker than most places.
It's been worse lately, I wish all political debates were banned in this place. IMO HN should be a technical forum first and foremost. There are plenty of places on the internet do discuss politics, this doesn't need to be one of them.
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I really don't get how people can be so naive on HN. Let's talk about Snowden all day and wish we were more like Russia, where it's perfectly ok to say anything you want. Sorry guys, but not every one really believes the NSA should be disbanded. They have a real job to do. Certainly there needs to be limits, which we could of course discuss for years on end, but I don't see the point of doing it in a forum that reall…
> Ok, back to the echo chamber. 4 downvotes and this message disappears. Well, I do need to try occasionally. HN used to be a great site. I'm sorry but this kind of comment is what makes HN worse. From the HN guidelines: "Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you."
I'm in favour of down voting and I think people should be doing it a lot more on HN, but it is frustrating when reasonable posts are downvoted.
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It's been worse lately, I wish all political debates were banned in this place. IMO HN should be a technical forum first and foremost. There are plenty of places on the internet do discuss politics, this doesn't need to be one of them.
Let's just flag those posts that we think don't belong here.
Besides, since pg has commented on a few of these posts approvingly, and since stories that would be [dead] within minutes previously now regularly top the front page, we have to assume he is OK with "Snowden News" at least for now.