I say shame on all the people creating throwaway accounts to sling mud around.
'Let's take a step back.'
Techcrunch publish an article singling out a single negative post (among many more) on HN from 120 days ago, and suddenly the pitchfork brigade are screaming for an apology within the hour. No need to worry about the bullying prosecutor any more officer, we've found the man!
Because clearly none of these people have ever said anything rash on the internet. What sanctimonious rubbish.
"Techcrunch publish an article singling out a single negative post (among many more) on HN from 120 days ago"
Looking at the post, it would seem that edw's opinion was the most popular in the hivemind (judging by the upvotes on his comment), so it's fair to single out that post which summarized the thoughts of the many people upvoting.
Unless people just arbitrarily upvoted him, which would have other ramifications ...
It's not fair to single out one individual, particularly when the not so subtle (and completely speculative) inference is that the discussion led to Swartz's suicide.
'Let's take a step back.'
Techcrunch publish an article singling out a single negative post (among many more) on HN from 120 days ago, and suddenly the pitchfork brigade are screaming for an apology within the hour. No need to worry about the bullying prosecutor any more officer, we've found the man!
Because clearly none of these people have ever said anything rash on the internet. What sanctimonious rubbish.