Comment by Jensson
4 years ago
But what would scammers gain for complaining about Google? It isn't like they can pressure Google to reinstate their account in that case, worst case for Google they would have to make a public statement saying these people are scammers. I mean, yeah as long as Google doesn't answer they can get some minimal public support, but what would they gain from that?
>But what would scammers gain for complaining about Google?
Well, it is probably more what do they have to lose? Plenty of internet hate mobs have formed backing a cause that later came out to be misleading, if not outright fraudulent. Even assuming they are scammers, it is quite possible they think they are in the right (there are cultures that have... different views about business ethics), but they could also just be rolling the dice.
They've gained free SEO, traffic, and publicity from this HN thread alone.
Right? Might as well try. The only other option is to go quietly into that good night.