mimog

Also, your use of a double negative in the sentence "It's not a story that doesn't have connections to how some businesses perceive the internet, internet 'mob' justice, antiquated laws, free speech and such, right?" makes it far less sarcastic than you probably intended it to be.

It only amounts to that if you completely disregard this part: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. "

But forgive me, I am, unlike you, not the type of person who finds a story about a Hotel manager behaving badly particularly intellectually gratifying.

So a nearly 15 year old company with a billion dollar revenue still qualifies as a startup?

>> The situation couldn't have occurred without a service like them

Freedom of speech infractions have occurred for way longer than online services have existed.

So if someone tweets something stupid/political it should be posted on hackernews as well, simply because tweeting wasn't possible prior to twitter? Or what if someone reacts badly to something on tumblr, is that relevant for hn'ers as well in case they are trying to innovate in the micro-blogging space?