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0 pointsdormento2mo ago0 comments

Still astounding in a place where "hackers" congregate.

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Not really. Two is not a large number of comments. Turn on showdead in your profile and see the dreck that most users never see.

stackghost2mo ago

This place lost its hacker lustre at least 10 years ago.

I registered my first account in 2011 or so and even then it had plenty of "pro-big corporate" energy here.

daveguy2mo ago

It's a site that was founded and run by venture capitalists. It always had "pro-big corporate" energy. If for nothing else, because that's one of the potential exit strategies.

stackghost2mo ago

I know but there was a "hacker spirit" undercurrent that's been diminished of late, I feel

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figers2mo ago

If it lost it 10 years ago... where's website that still has the hacker ethos?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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fragmede2mo ago

Not really. Two is not a large number of comments. Turn on showdead in your profile and see the dreck that most users never see.

stackghost2mo ago

This place lost its hacker lustre at least 10 years ago.

I registered my first account in 2011 or so and even then it had plenty of "pro-big corporate" energy here.

daveguy2mo ago

It's a site that was founded and run by venture capitalists. It always had "pro-big corporate" energy. If for nothing else, because that's one of the potential exit strategies.

stackghost2mo ago

I know but there was a "hacker spirit" undercurrent that's been diminished of late, I feel

1 more reply

figers2mo ago

If it lost it 10 years ago... where's website that still has the hacker ethos?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse