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Comment by mattdeboard | Hacker News Reader

Please take a look at the HN etiquette guidelines here:

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Specifically the following paragraphs: "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation."

"When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. 'That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3' can be shortened to '1 + 1 is 2, not 3.'"

If you've got some criticisms, how about stating them explicitly instead of so off-handedly insulting someone else's hard work?

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I really meant it looks like a prank. So I don't see what the point of taking out the etiquette guidelines does in this case. The whole premise of managing twitter, facebook, tumbler, etc. all in one place sounds like a joke to me. What's next? Browse in IE, Firefox and Chrome all at the same time from one convenient location. Every single social app currently has the option of blasting every single thing you post on them to all the other ones and that kind of setup doesn't sound like a feature it sounds more like a bug.

The whole premise of managing twitter, facebook, tumbler, etc. all in one place sounds like a joke to me.

I'm sure Facebook didn't think it was a joke when they paid $50 million for FriendFeed, which did exactly that.

http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/facebook-acquires-friendfee...

And how many people still use FriendFeed? It is now overrun by auto quote bots and viagra spam. Also, I don't see how facebook approving of something makes the idea any less idiotic.

The FriendFeed team all joined Facebook. I'd imagine less people would use FriendFeed as it became much less actively developed.

See, here's the thing -- thinking the idea of feed aggregators is a dumb one, and a net negative to society is one thing. But shitting all over a guy's work by calling it a prank or a joke in a venue that is predicated on the value of small-time entrepreneurs taking gambles on their ideas... How do you think that is ok?

Just to be clear, this guy didn't invent feed aggregators. There are a bajillion of them. You've got a beef with society, not this guy's work. He's trying to make money serving an underserved niche. I hope he makes a billion dollars.

I have nothing against society but I do have something against the OP. Clearly he and his friends have the technical expertise to make something but instead of doing something worthwhile they have created another weapon for the spin doctors. And yes he will make millions because campaign managers these days manage more money than some hedge fund managers but the rest of us won't be better off because of it.

Then go to Reddit and bitch about it. This isn't the venue.

May I point you to the etiquette guidelines for the proper way of shooing someone away. You have hurt my feelings by the blunt way you have expressed yourself.

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