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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by kitanata on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:07PM (#12146396)
Yep. I was blacklisted from several tech events, for writing a mildly negative Facebook post about a local consulting company. This is becoming a real problem. Companies in the tech space are using blacklisting to silence any kind criticism or critique.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by happyslobro on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:42PM (#12146972)
How does blacklisting actually work, in this situation? Do you mean that you are actually forbidden from attending conferences? Dude, fuck that! Call them on their groupthink through whatever channels are still open!

@mods: expletive is appropriate in this situation

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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by Zikes on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:51PM (#12147024)
HN mods generally don't care about cursing, as long as you're contributing to the conversation.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by Twirrim on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:02PM (#12146743)
It's completely their prerogative to do so.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by unethical_ban on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:26PM (#12146894)
And as usual, that doesn't make it right.

  - x is doing something bad
  - x is allowed to do that
  - that doesn't make it right

 The HN comment circle of life
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by wpietri on Friday July 22, 2016 @09:08PM (#12147867)
Agreed. This patterns makes me crazy.

If I say, "This use of power is immoral," I read the response of "but they have that power" one of two ways: Obvious tautology, and therefore useless. Or contradiction of my claim of immorality, which basically is an assertion that might makes right.

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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by happyslobro on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:15PM (#12146833)
It is harmful for any stakeholders but the target to tolerate this behaviour. Outing the coverup on HN is entirely appropriate, imo.
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Re:WeWork evicted a startup after it published a negative bl... by B1FF_PSUVM on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:55PM (#12146698)
No, no, everything is fine, it's not the gummint, so your getting squashed like a bug is perfectly alright.

It's just consequences, man up, they even have a xkcd comic to back it up. Really.

(Unless the shoe is on the other foot. Then it's completely different, and something must be done.)

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