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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 2 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.016s | source
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sureste ◴[22 May 25 17:31 UTC] No.44064416[source]▶
Everytime people talked about Mozilla or Firefox the main complaint was Pocket. Everytime. Yet most people here are sad to see it go. What gives?
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wvenable ◴[22 May 25 19:19 UTC] No.44065716[source]▶
People who are happy about something have no reason to post.

You're talking about two entirely different groups of people even though they're all on HN.

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mdaniel ◴[22 May 25 19:49 UTC] No.44066061[source]▶
That's not true, I sing the praises of things that bring me value all the time. I am, arguably, getting pretty close to "shill" category for some of them. However, I think that behavior should get a pass if the things being shilled are actually FOSS and not just "change from one company to the other"
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1. wvenable ◴[22 May 25 20:01 UTC] No.44066225[source]▶
I think statistically I'm still right. Complaints are always more frequent than positive comments -- and more unsolicited. I always factor that in when reading, for example, product reviews. While there are always people willing to sing the praises of products they like, the average content person is likely to just move on with their lives, and a wronged person cannot wait to tell everyone.

This is also related to Cunningham's Law.

Look at this thread, I've never heard so much positive talk about Pocket in my life. Up until it's imminent demise nobody had any strong inclination to talk positively about it.

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2. frollogaston ◴[22 May 25 22:32 UTC] No.44067876[source]▶
You're right. Everywhere I've gone to school or worked, any big online forum was mostly complaints, even though I went to great schools and had cushy jobs. You'd think every course curves to a D- and every employee gets a 10% yearly pay cut. It's simply because one unhappy person can be as active online as 100 happy people.

And on some sites like Yelp where complainers aren't disproportionately active, complaints can have disproportionate power. Like a 4.5-star restaurant's average is affected way more by a 1-star review than a 5-star review.