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I Quit Hacker News

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261 points cwan | 2 comments | 23 Nov 10 17:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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jbail ◴[23 Nov 10 17:28 UTC] No.1934508[source]▶
I think he's just upset about the TSA articles. That point keeps coming up over and over again in his post. It weakens what he has to say.

It's clear he supports the TSA to "stop planes from getting blown up." Since the majority of HN doesn't agree with that sentiment (at least that's how he paints it), he's sort of being a baby about it and quitting because he can't handle disagreement. He masks this fact very thinly in a what is definitely a stereotypical flameout post.

Communities disagree, and they're not all perfect. Nothing new there. If there was no disagreement on HN, it'd be boring.

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mquander ◴[23 Nov 10 17:38 UTC] No.1934552[source]▶
It's clear he supports the TSA to "stop planes from getting blown up." Since the majority of HN doesn't agree with that sentiment (at least that's how he paints it), he's sort of being a baby about it and quitting because he can't handle disagreement.

This is an absolutely ridiculous, trollish statement. It bears no obvious relationship to the blog post linked. Do you actually believe this? If so, why?

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1. jbail ◴[23 Nov 10 17:55 UTC] No.1934629[source]▶
Because he mentions the TSA by name multiple times and ends his post with a sentence dedicated to it.
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2. mquander ◴[23 Nov 10 18:07 UTC] No.1934677[source]▶
On the one hand, he spends an entire multiple-page blog article mentioning reasons why he thinks the general quality of the site is poor, none of which have any direct connection to the TSA. On the other hand, he mentions the TSA by name twice. Which is more likely to be his primary concern?

I'm sure that if you try hard enough, you can read hidden, shameful motives into everything people write, but it's damn rude to use that as an excuse for ignoring what they actually wrote.