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Re:San Francisco Bubble by YuriNiyazov on Friday January 29, 2016 @12:46PM (#10996884)
See, whether a startup is silly or not is an opinion. I happen to have an opinion that adtech is evil. Whether it has a side benefit like allowing "content" to exist is tangential.

I usually keep that opinion to myself because it's not a popular one, but in this particular subthread we are not discussing the article, we are discussing the author who volunteered his "I am very hypocritical" comment.

Elsewhere in this comment thread I discuss the article.

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Re:San Francisco Bubble by bduerst on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:02PM (#10997594)
I don't get it - are you arguing that because you think your opinion is unpopular it's okay to be facetious?
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Re:San Francisco Bubble by YuriNiyazov on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:32PM (#10997857)
No, I am stating the following (maybe unclearly):

1) In a thread where the author shows up and says "I am very hypocritical", standard rules like "discuss the article, not the author" do not apply. The author is fair game for discussion.

2) I don't usually crap on other peoples' industries, but not in this case, because (1).

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