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Comment by jamesblonde | Hacker News Reader

This piece smacks of astro-turfing on behalf of Peter Thiel. The fact it's showing up on the front page of HN also smacks of astro-turfing.

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It seemed even-handed to me.

I think the whole situation is ugly and none of us want a future defined by how these two parties have acted.

I do know both parties, but certainly not astroturfing for Peter

Yes, but if you're reading it, it's for you.

I take it you're a fellow former reader of The Last Psychiatrist? There's an author I miss.

He still puts up new stuff, doesn't he? I thought he was just very slow.

Accusations of astroturfing without evidence are not allowed on Hacker News. An opposing view does not count as evidence.

What does Jason Calacanis or the site this article was written for[0] gain from this?

[0] https://www.inside.com/

we are doing direct to consumer publishing via email (after failing to get our App to reach critical mass). Basically .0X% of people who downloaded our app opened it every day... now, 40-60% of people who signed up for our email lists open them every day.

plus... we don't need a 12 person tech team. I wrote about this here: http://calacanis.com/2016/02/14/knowing-when-and-how-to-pivo...

tesla.inside.com is a good example of a 60%+ open rate email we do.

I think you misunderstood my question. Is it good that Gawker failed because you're a competitor and the article was written to suggest your own journalism is held to a higher standard? The article is a way of pushing an agenda. (Isn't all communication?)

I enjoyed your blog post. It's a great example of making decisions based on evidence. I just wished you hadn't had to spend so much time figuring that out. The two years of head to wall sound unpleasant.

It's not astroturfing when we all admit that we like Peter Thiel. We're not hiding it.

> when we all admit that we like Peter Thiel

Careful with your generalisations. Some of us do not.

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