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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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Google responded to Ed, Ed responds.

I've suggested the orange site changes the title to "In response to Google?" to keep up with latest practices around there. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40164393

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[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A conspiratorial, passive-aggressive fool in the YC comments is not making any claims, just saying that this might be a protection racket.

Mildly interesting that the author runs a media relations company in SF. On the one hand, I am sympathetic to the general perspective of the original article.

On the other hand, that the same person is writing “hit pieces” and running a media relations company bears a certain resemblance to protection rackets of yore

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Awfully suspicious that a journalist might actually want to make money once in awhile. Why, all the journalists I know love being destitute all the time, otherwise they wouldn't be in the business (or lack thereof)!

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago

Journalists only work for exposure (to absolute madmen who call them fake news and try to find out where they and their children live)

[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 6 months ago

damn he better get some question marks on those allegations before dang sees