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Sequoia has been in China for more than a decade ...

Is it satire?

The piece linked to here is my annotation on a very real post by Michael Moritz. Yes, my take is... a form of satire.

Look at this Steve Jobs wannabe wanker: https://gigaom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2011/11/1z5o52...

Personal attacks will get you banned here. You may not owe anything to that guy but you owe much better to the community if you want to keep commenting here.

He is a public figure.

Edit: Also, please don't ban me.

Edit: I will refrain from future attacks in return for not being banned.

Sure, if you'll follow the site guidelines at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, we won't ban you. The basic idea is: if you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do.

(Public figure doesn't enter into it, btw, because the issue is the effect of such posts on the community here.)