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I'm a bit amazed you consistently get downvoted while you seem to speak the truth. So much gray in your comments.
by _jsmh 11mo ago
I'm a bit amazed you consistently get downvoted while you seem to speak the truth. So much gray in your comments.
- monero-xmr 11mo agoThanks! I just take the downvotes, whatever
- hurrckplgbd 11mo agoI consistently see this commenter making a single comment, of questionable relevance, expressing a strong opinion which isn't particularly thoughtful or interesting or true. Then they ignore the pushback and move on to the next thread, where they post another tangential hot take. I'm not at all surprised at the result. Those comments attract a lot of downvote because they aren't very good. This thread is a microcosm of that. They went on a tangent from a tangent to express how little they think of their colleagues working in security. It wasn't out of curiosity, it didn't raise interesting questions or provoke interesting debate. They didn't defend or substantiate their opinion so that they and we could learn something from it. It was just a drive-by flamebait to stir the pot and express derision. It should be downvoted; it's a bad comment. Perhaps that pattern is difficult to see when their hot takes align with your own takes.
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- _jsmh 11mo agoA microcosm indeed. I didn't write my comment to applaud them.
- hurrckplgbd 11mo agoI don't understand what "you seem to speak the truth" means if it isn't an endorsement?
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- monero-xmr 11mo agoI post my view that is against the HN hive mind and don't always feel like rebutting the same hive mind talking points again and again. I like to post to prove there is an alternative view out there
- hurrckplgbd 11mo agoI don't know your motivations but I know the "HN hive mind" isn't the problem. When you do engage with people who disagree with you, it usually becomes evident to me that there isn't much substance behind your views and that you struggle to disagree amicably. I also see lots of people on HN with a similar perspective to yours who don't have the same problems or engage in the same patterns of behavior. The facts are that HN has a diverse set of perspectives with many conservative/libertarian commenters who would align with you, but that your comments are frequently shallow flamebait. Though I have seen a couple good points you've made, as well. Do with that information what you will.
- monero-xmr 11mo agoI disagree entirely, I don’t even post very frequently so it’s surprising I have someone tracking my posts. The shorter a comment the better it is, if the same opinion that takes an essay can be distilled into a sentence
- hurrckplgbd 11mo agoMaybe you disagree, maybe you don't. Since you chose to veer in different direction and reply to something I never said, I don't know either way. In any case, brevity is something great writing and shallow hot takes share.
- monero-xmr 11mo agoMy first comment on this whole thread was how security in tech is theater, and the sellers mostly snake oil salesmen. I’m not the first to make this observation and I don’t think it’s wrong. Which is why employment in the sector is down, full circle to the OP