I'm really not sure you should be thanking everyone for ad hominem.
Yes yes, HN doesn't like a16z. Not one of those comments were useful.
Yes yes, HN doesn't like a16z. Not one of those comments were useful.
In this case the community is ostracizing a company known for grifting under a facade of technological advancement. Seems like the system is working.
"Social norms" are a poor excuse for "ostracizing" someone who isn't even here to be impacted by it, let alone the knock-on affect of getting in the way of effective communication and discussion.
We're not talking about Socrates speaking rudely about the people in power, we're talking about a billionaire accused (seemingly [rightfully](https://www.blockdata.tech/blog/general/where-andreessen-hor...)?) investing in bad-faith to scam people out of their money. I think that's a form of a theft, and calling an aversion to theft a "social norm" is technically correct but practically a massive misapplication of the term.