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No. That is not the only thing he did wrong.

The issue was that along with...

- calling the entire industry scum to pull in attention

- going out of his way to flam Squidoo as a spam site until he got them penalized

- creating something far spammier and far more automated than Squidoo

When you add it all together it is pretty bad.

You sound like you hold a grudge. Really. Your only contributions on HN are to attack one person. Are you really sure this is proper?

I don't just attack Jason. In my bottom comment on this thread I state that I think he is great at public relations...which he is.

Maybe not quite at the Matt Cutts level...but nonetheless way way way up there...like at least in the top 0.01%.