with the implosion of Digg, there has been an influx of users from digg to reddit and here, and surely from reddit to here.
trolls roll downhill, so to speak.
so why when a user asks what's going on with HN, the comment gets hammered? or is it the trolls doing the hammering.
I made a similar comment recently and it got just as quickly crushed.
something is awry at HN and some of us care. surely, the growth is good and there will be all types but shooting the messenger only proves the negative point.
With the link we're ostensibly talking about them, without it we're reduced to their level, and just having the same adolescent discussion again. Editing out the link makes HN more like reddit.
after all the companies Microsoft has destroyed using this tactic, I'm surprised anyone even picks up their call. Sure the lure of big bucks is appealing, but their track record is very clear. This has been their M.O since the beginning. Just ask Steve Jobs.
my account is less than a year old yet I attended Startup School 2006.
passwords get lost, hard drives fail