Also, please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30925375, because what you did downthread was much worse yet. That's the sort of thing we ban people for, and I don't want to ban you.
Your comments here make it pretty clear that you’re an ideologue who never intended to seriously engage with anyone anyway.
You hate advertising, therefore everything about this article is evil regardless of how correct it may be from a business perspective. You have no interest in debating the article, but only care about pursuing your holy war against advertising.
He didn’t like what I had to say, and chose to attack my account instead. While I might have been a little harsh in my reply to that, I said nothing that wasn’t perfectly in line with his comments.
It’s not unfair to call him an ideologue, he admits to hating the advertising industry https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30916159
Given the nature of his other comments under this post, and his choice to attack me over the age of my account it was certainly not unfair to point out his disinterest in engaging in a thoughtful conversation.
Everyone always feels that the other person started it and did worse. Those perceptions aren't reliable, and they're a recipe for a downward spiral.
If you want to participate here, you need to follow the site guidelines regardless of what anyone else does.