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Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by dkdk8283 »

aplummer wrote: post #10
dkdk8283 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a quick and strong reaction. Do you have a problem with women in tech? If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up.

> If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up. You should be. You are talking about millions of peoples lives here. The fallacies that create these opinions like the proven false economy vs health narrative are utterly misguided delusions.

I have the right to say and think as I want. Just like you. The difference is I won’t browbeat you for your opinion.

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by jagsbdjdksj »

EliRivers wrote: post #8
dkdk8283 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a quick and strong reaction. Do you have a problem with women in tech? If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up.

If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. On the face of it, that's an interesting position to take. We know someone has a communicable disease that kills, we wonder if people he's been in contact with might also have it and might also be spreading it and dying of it; finding out seems like quite a sensible idea. What's the objection?

Let's make contact tracing mandatory for AIDS also. Is that OK by you?

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by idrios »

dkdk8283 wrote: post #2

Chilling effect. Imagine where the US is headed with online censorship and cancel culture. If you publicly disagree with controversial views you’re in for a bad time.

Depends on the medium. Don't ever say anything against the grain on Twitter (or really any medium that encourages media to go viral). But at least HN is (usually) a good, moderated forum where opposing viewpoints can be heard with judgement for the argument and not the arguer.

A difference the US has with the situation in the article is the Thai hotel was able to get law enforcement involved -- I don't think the US has crossed that line yet.

Also you could view this TripAdvisor warning as a chilling effect against other establishments that might try to use the law to silence critics. Hopefully this hotel goes out of business

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by asdefghyk »

TripAdvisor is protecting their business model by posting the warning on the hotels page. (They should post a warning on every page saying something like Reviews should be honest and no exaggeration. Reviews that are determined to be malicious could result in defamation lawsuits )

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by CodeWriter23 »

EliRivers wrote: post #8
dkdk8283 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a quick and strong reaction. Do you have a problem with women in tech? If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up.

If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. On the face of it, that's an interesting position to take. We know someone has a communicable disease that kills, we wonder if people he's been in contact with might also have it and might also be spreading it and dying of it; finding out seems like quite a sensible idea. What's the objection?

Perhaps put the "kills" in the proper context of 240,000 / 350,000,000 and then evaluate the relative risk vs. sacrificing one's privacy.

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by ryanlol »

aplummer wrote: post #10
dkdk8283 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a quick and strong reaction. Do you have a problem with women in tech? If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up.

> If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up. You should be. You are talking about millions of peoples lives here. The fallacies that create these opinions like the proven false economy vs health narrative are utterly misguided delusions.

On the other we might as well view every year spent locked down as a year wasted. So with an average life expectancy of 80 years you’d be throwing away an entire lifetime for every 80 people you lock down. That’s a 1.23% death rate, it’s not yet clear that COVID is worse.

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by fairity »

dkdk8283 wrote: post #11
aplummer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up. You should be. You are talking about millions of peoples lives here. The fallacies that create these opinions like the proven false economy vs health narrative are utterly misguided delusions.

I have the right to say and think as I want. Just like you. The difference is I won’t browbeat you for your opinion.

Yes, you have that right. And, the community has the right to downvote you to oblivion. It seems like you'd rather they not, so I'd recommend putting forth a well-structured argument to support your claims.

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by dkdk8283 »

fairity wrote: post #17
dkdk8283 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have the right to say and think as I want. Just like you. The difference is I won’t browbeat you for your opinion.

Yes, you have that right. And, the community has the right to downvote you to oblivion. It seems like you'd rather they not, so I'd recommend putting forth a well-structured argument to support your claims.

Let the downvotes pour. It’s the offline consequences that I have a problem with. In this case there aren’t any.

Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by [deleted] »

ryanlol wrote: post #16
aplummer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up. You should be. You are talking about millions of peoples lives here. The fallacies that create these opinions like the proven false economy vs health narrative are utterly misguided delusions.

On the other we might as well view every year spent locked down as a year wasted. So with an average life expectancy of 80 years you’d be throwing away an entire lifetime for every 80 people you lock down. That’s a 1.23% death rate, it’s not yet clear that COVID is worse.

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Re: TripAdvisor warns users over Thai hotel that legally pursued reviewer

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Post by nulld3v »

ryanlol wrote: post #16
aplummer wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you must know I was referring to contact tracing. I’m against it. I’m anti lockdown too. I get ostracized every time I bring it up. You should be. You are talking about millions of peoples lives here. The fallacies that create these opinions like the proven false economy vs health narrative are utterly misguided delusions.

On the other we might as well view every year spent locked down as a year wasted. So with an average life expectancy of 80 years you’d be throwing away an entire lifetime for every 80 people you lock down. That’s a 1.23% death rate, it’s not yet clear that COVID is worse.

That's essentially equating being in lockdown to being temporarily dead, which in my opinion is an exaggeration.
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