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Meta question: Does anyone know why negative Twitter/X stories tend to drop off the front page so quickly. It is now ranked 65 despite having a lot of votes in such a short time period. Just wondering if it's because it is heavily flagged or if the mods are intervening like they have in the past ?
It went from top of page 1 to page 3 by the time I came back to read the comments (less than an hour later). It's definitely someone playing games.
This reminds me, did Parag and other in the top management get their money? I didn't see any update on that.
Supposedly, they were dismissed for cause minutes before they would have been awarded millions in severance when the sale closed. I’m fairly sure I recall that Parag and colleagues sued because the dismissal for cause was an obvious stretch of the imagination.
It’s basically a scumbag move to try to wear the former employees down. I imagine Twitter will just stonewall for as long as they possibly can. What real consequences could the officers of the company actually face that would encourage them to behave like adults?
Of course there must be a legal case, and enough money can buy some great attorneys, but there are laws that enable payroll disputes to pierce the corporate veil.
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Because we should strive to improve discussions and pull them up to a higher level if possible. Especially on HN, where the comment section is actually useful instead of a cesspool of empty arguments and insults.
But saying "This line is a low-effort, cliché dismissal that does not engage the statement in a meaningful way" does none of the things you're hoping for, either. A much better idea is to down vote and move on.
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Please read the HN Guidelines, https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : > Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. > Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
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But saying "This line is a low-effort, cliché dismissal that does not engage the statement in a meaningful way" does none of the things you're hoping for, either. A much better idea is to down vote and move on.
If I downvote a comment, how is the author to know why? If I want to promote thoughtful discussion on HN, downvoting without explaining why does absolutely nothing to serve that goal.
It doesn't communicate anything to the author, true, but insulting them is still not going to get you any closer to your goal.
When do they start straight up garnishing X's bank accounts? This behavior is so shitty, indefensible and beyond absurd. I think we need stronger laws that force billionaires to pay when they think the rules just don't apply to them - it's clear they often feel that the sheer expense of the legal system is often a deterrent for poorer folks to get what they are owed. I hope all these folks get their severance, and ho…
> I hope all these folks get their severance, and hopefully with interest, legal fees and penalties. I wonder what percentage the legal team will take. I doubt this is happening pro bono.