vinhboy

This is the first AMA I have seen where they are not advertising anything. Bravo.

But there's an additional facet of the issue here that will sound obvious as soon as I explain it, but it's a crucial point:

This paragraph is really well put. I don't think there is enough emphasis differentiation made between trolls and stupid people in general vs coordinated attempts at deception.

I find that a lot of technologists, especially here on reddit and places like hackernews, fail to understand the difference between "inauthentic" activity vs "free speech". The arguments about removing "inauthentic" activity always delves into false equivalencies about policing free speech, which is a dead-end for any reasonable debate.

It would be like classifying spam emails as a form of free speech. No one would win that kind of silly argument.

Good read, thanks for highlighting this issue.

I have a hard time imagining this. Are you saying there were no cracked walls, peeling paint, or dilapidated buildings?

I can believe that they had minders to pick up all the garbage before you got there, but I would think "sterile" is a better word for that.

Unless you really mean it's clean. Like those fake towns they build at disneyland.

He's a "water economist".

All you have to do is let one old chinese lady on board and she'll sort all those recyclables out for you before it even hits the garbage bin.

I am half joking, but seriously, there are lots of people that dig recyclables out of garbage cans. You should just contract them to come dig recyclables out of your conveyer belt.

Money for them. Less garbage for you. Win. Win.