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The man who killed Google Search?

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1884 points elorant | 1 comments | 23 Apr 24 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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neilv ◴[23 Apr 24 17:48 UTC] No.40134839[source]▶
I think this article would work better if it were written entirely like textbook traditional investigative journalism. And less like the modern TV opinion personality, or the random strong-opinion Web comments in which many of the rest of us (including myself) indulge.
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romanhn ◴[23 Apr 24 17:51 UTC] No.40134879[source]▶
Agreed. I struggled to keep going after "computer scientist class traitor". A very juvenile take that reflects poorly on the author, IMO.
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phyzome ◴[24 Apr 24 00:29 UTC] No.40139031[source]▶
"Class traitor" isn't a juvenile insult. It has a fairly well-defined meaning and describes a set of problematic behaviors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_traitor

Are you saying that it's an incorrect description, or are you just generally against accusing people of things?

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romanhn ◴[24 Apr 24 00:53 UTC] No.40139202[source]▶
It's a ridiculous term that promotes polarization and dumbs down the level of discourse. I have the same reaction to it as when I see "bootlicker" as applied to anyone who takes the company's side (or is in management in general). There's too much adversarial name-calling these days, and not enough seeking understanding.
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1. underlipton ◴[24 Apr 24 18:07 UTC] No.40147696{3}[source]▶
It only "promotes polarization" if you have already decided that anyone who uses it "dumbs down the level of discourse." If you instead give them the benefit of the doubt that they're trying to make an intelligent point about a situation or dynamic, and then try to understand that point, and then reason about that point's validity, then you will finally find yourself actually engaging in the "level of discourse" that you purport to (but are actually undermining with your kneejerk disdain).