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FreeTradeyesterday at 3:58 AM1 replyview on HN

It's traumatic to be victim of malevolence. There's the injury, but it is the lack of a motivation which is disturbing - it's a loss of innocence.


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acomjeanyesterday at 4:28 AM

It does suck. Because it’s a reminder that they’re are jerks out there and hard to avoid. Especially on the web. It also must sting because he’s trying to be a good citizen.

We see this in abusive behavior towards open source maintainers. It saps their will. And 100 thanks < 1 savage attack.

About a year ago the site I worked on had a hacking attempt. I’m not sure why, it was a site that provided online genetic tools for researchers. We had no financials, or even logins. I felt bad in a similar way as when someone broke into my car years ago, or when I had a package go missing.

Move forward/ move on is how I handled it.

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