I'm guessing he's about to be disbarred again.
Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
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Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#32Charles Carreon and his wife are almost as bad as Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps and his cronies. Just doing it because they're too stubborn, ignorant or righteous to see the fallacy of their ways. People like these only fuel my misanthropy.
I honestly believe his wife is mentally ill. Have you read her posts on the forum she runs... that only she and Charles are allowed to post on?
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see you your personal observations of Reddit and raise you my 20 years of online discussions in many different kinds of forums, from usenet to email to a variety of websites. In that time I've consistently found that people who try to set meta rules are a bigger drag on communities like this than occasional offbeat stories with no strong tie to the community. The remit of this site is supposed to be things of inter…
HN has clearly defined 'meta rules' that have been casually and sometimes not so casually enforced since its inception. It seems like we have an equal number of decades of experience, and it also doesn't matter either way. It's irrelevant and a logical fallacy in itself.
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#34I think items like this are probably not useful or worthwhile as targets for upmodding on HN. We're basically just clicking up-arrow because we like the outcome and see the post here. We will all hear about this, unless we live under a rock. And for those of us under a rock, it's probably for a good reason. News items like this and a lack of community discipline to disregard them are how I remember reddit beginning i…
The moment a community loses its sense of humor is the point at which it is little more than someone's hype machine. There has to be something to break the mood every so often or the community will burn itself out! Especially in a high tension environment like the startup world.
In this instance, not covering yet another current event piece like this doesn't constitute a community 'losing its sense of humor'. This story has been here before, and humor has been present since the start of HN. That's not really a concern.
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#35I think items like this are probably not useful or worthwhile as targets for upmodding on HN. We're basically just clicking up-arrow because we like the outcome and see the post here. We will all hear about this, unless we live under a rock. And for those of us under a rock, it's probably for a good reason. News items like this and a lack of community discipline to disregard them are how I remember reddit beginning i…
Know what bugs me? Sanctimonious meta-analysis of the content of HN. Guess we all have our bone to pick...
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see you your personal observations of Reddit and raise you my 20 years of online discussions in many different kinds of forums, from usenet to email to a variety of websites. In that time I've consistently found that people who try to set meta rules are a bigger drag on communities like this than occasional offbeat stories with no strong tie to the community. The remit of this site is supposed to be things of inter…
HN has clearly defined 'meta rules' that have been casually and sometimes not so casually enforced since its inception. It seems like we have an equal number of decades of experience, and it also doesn't matter either way. It's irrelevant and a logical fallacy in itself.
So, where's your rules list?
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#37What is the legal punishment for filing frivolous lawsuit? For every case backed down like Carreon, there must be a lot more people caved to legal backmails.
California has the US's strongest sactions against SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation). I'm sure this had something to do with dropping the suit, since it was brought up in Californian court.
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#38I'm quite glad this brouhaha is over - it not only threatened a legitimate fundraiser, but also (should it have gone through) potentially threatened freedom of speech and expression across the web. Enough is enough, and Carreon saw fit to realize this.
Unfortunately I wouldn't bet on the fact that this is really over. Mr. Carreon sounds, charitably put, like a rather unhinged person with a streak for vendetta.
From the Popehat's excellent coverage of this sordid issue:
"2. Dismissal is, without court intervention, without prejudice, meaning that Mr. Carreon could re-file if he wanted. Will he? Who knows."
The whole post here : http://www.popehat.com/2012/07/03/oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-chapte...
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
HN has clearly defined 'meta rules' that have been casually and sometimes not so casually enforced since its inception. It seems like we have an equal number of decades of experience, and it also doesn't matter either way. It's irrelevant and a logical fallacy in itself.
So, where's your rules list?
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html is pretty good.
Re: Charles Carreon Drops Bogus Lawsuit Against The Oatmeal Creator
#40While this end is certainly favorable for Inman, I'd have preferred if this was decided in court. This way Carreon can pretend that he had to abandon his just campaign under pressure of the savage hordes of the Internet and try again with a softer target than Inman. If he had been thrown out of court with a clear statement, things would look different.