Hacker News Reader

"This was a very futile and stupid gesture on that employee's part."

Doesn't look like it to me. You're talking and thinking about it, aren't you?

Futile in that it lasted for all of 11 minutes, and I didn't need this to happen to have been thinking about it.

Also it's a reference to Animal House. It just... seemed to fit.

So actions justify the means? No harm was done to anyone but the employee, which could even be prosecuted for that, so everything was pretty much useless. And of course, if you're offering a service to someone, you're supposed to ensure that the person enjoys the full experience of that service, even if it is Donald Trump. There are right places and means for protests.

The mere fact that an employee had the power to disable a politician's account is enough to argue for more regulation over social media. The timing is perfect too.

So everybody loses, except the sctual target.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com