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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by chid on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:51PM (#21064494)
What are some examples where HN is too skeptical? I find that it's a good filter to view "news"
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by pjc50 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:39PM (#21064913)
The famous Dropbox comment?

HN is overly skeptical of startups that take something possible and simplify the UX. Although I can't think of a recent example.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by randycupertino on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:32PM (#21066690)
What was the famous Dropbox comment? I'm out of the loop. Thx.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by leesec on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:15PM (#21066915)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

basically someone belittling Dropbox before it went on to be worth billions.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by cookie_monsta on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:15AM (#21067825)
Going by the general sentiment in that thread, I'm sure there are better examples. There are a few people saying how or why they thought Dropbox wouldn't work, but overall the reception is very positive. By contrast, any mention of WeWork here causes an instant pile-on of quite impressive vehemence.

There are always going to be isolated nay-sayers for whatever reasons. When you get a near-consensus on HN that something's a PoS that's something that's worth bearing in mind.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by Viliam1234 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:51PM (#21065007)
Articles warning against buying bitcoins were highly upvoted for years, and bitcoin costs several thousand dollars now.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by ahi on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:13PM (#21066906)
I was mining bitcoin in 2011. It was stupid then and stupid now. Sometimes a lotto ticket hits.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by ionwake on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:38PM (#21067059)
Did you ever end up managing to hold to any?
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by seibelj on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:21PM (#21064756)
blockchain
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by iosonofuturista on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:27PM (#21064816)
If anything, HN is not skeptical enough about THAT.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by wpietri on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @11:50PM (#21067437)
Agreed! It has been coming around in recent years, surely helped by the fact that "blockchain for X" has never panned out. But it has taken a painfully long time.
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