LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator

Post by neonological » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC

grzm wrote: post #468

neonological wrote: post #465

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>He also added ~"there's 2 sides of a story". I don't see why Dang wouldn't be allowed to add a comment regarding this topic. The fact that it's the top post is the most questionable thing here, it seems pinned to the top. The statement is seemingly fair and balanced but make no mistake it's not. A common technique among corporations and public relations experts is to try to seemingly be fair about things that are ob…

> "The fact that it's the top post is the most questionable thing here, it seems pinned to the top." I thought he might have pinned it, but that isn't the case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27401409 > "I certainly didn't intend it to be the top comment; that was entirely by upvotes."

Post by grzm » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:41 AM UTC

neonological wrote: post #472

grzm wrote: post #468

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> "The fact that it's the top post is the most questionable thing here, it seems pinned to the top." I thought he might have pinned it, but that isn't the case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27401409 > "I certainly didn't intend it to be the top comment; that was entirely by upvotes."

I mean he can lie right? Like I said, it's a conflict of interest. Most of the things I remarked on are 50/50 in the sense that I'm only 50% sure something sketchy is going on, worth remarking on, but I am not confirming anything. But Dangs post here looks like a freaking announcement where the intention is to indeed pin it at the top of the thread with fake upvotes or whatever mechanism they use with this site. This…

Post by HWR_14 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:42 AM UTC

m-ee wrote: post #462

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They don't ask for proof of poverty at a food bank either. And "Am I eligible here" could be seen about specifically asking about age/preconditions eligibility. In fact, that whole conversation could have been changed trivially to picking up free food at a food bank and would not have looked out of place. As for "if you're offered a vaccine take it", I don't think that applies to "I can go somewhere to get offered th…

They didn’t skirt some eligibility rules because no one asked questions. The west Oakland site first tried reaching out to local low income community members and after seeing low uptake opened it up to everyone one, the pastor of the church himself was encouraging anyone over 18 to come by.

Post by sweis » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:44 AM UTC

dasickis wrote: post #120

I'm the person this original tweet was about. None of you know any of the internal details but what I can state is that Paul has no idea what he's talking about and later admits to the fact I wasn't lying. Here's the order of events: 1. I went to a neighborhood clinic in Oakland, CA that's literally next door to my house, I can see the church from my window. Paul lives in NYC which is on the opposite end of the count…

Post by HWR_14 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:44 AM UTC

temp8964 wrote: post #326

mbgerring wrote: post #274

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So just so everyone has the full context: Oakland opened up its vaccination sites to more people on a shorter timeline than the rest of the state, in certain ZIP codes with disproportionately poor residents, in order to get vaccines to those disproportionately poor residents. I know this because this is how several of my friends who live in West Oakland got vaccinated ahead of the eligibility opening up in the rest o…

You are mixing two things. Even if the sites were setup for poor neighborhood, it doesn't necessarily mean they are exclusive for people from those neighborhood. And also, basic common sense, the sites are run by adults. If the adults over there don't care, why should you care? Unless you have specific knowledge of people lied to get to use those sites, nobody need your judgement to "exonerate" themselves.