Comment by adflux

4 years ago

Does this type of content really fit on this platform?

Yes. It's important that as a society we come to terms with the fact that historically, and now, a lot of people use whatever little power and fame they have to abuse others. We can't sit by and let this happen.

Yes, hackers care about their communities.

  • > Yes, hackers care about their communities.

    The number of creep defenders in this thread suggests otherwise. See also: any discussion about codes of conduct.

    • Please provide sources, hint: make sure not to include people asking questions and not categorically wanting to lynch the horrible rapist based on a single story and you interpreting that as "creep defenders".

  • Hackers care about 99% of what everyone else also cares about (you know them operating in the realm of humans.) What a ridiculous point.

I hope it does

  • I hope it fits in a courtroom first and foremost.

    • The crimes were mostly committed in foreign countries of which neither party is a resident and which the parties were only visiting for a short duration of time. Countries whose language the victim may not speak fluently or at all. The chance of getting the local police to care is low and even if they did the cost of flights to testify at trials would be beyond the means of the victim.

I actually don’t want to see stuff like this on Hacker News. But I don’t make the rules.