Your HN profile appears to be blank. I think I found your email on GitHub though?
For the record, many of your comments here have been thoughtful, and I've upvoted them. I've also downvoted many where instead of responding to other people's thoughtful comments, you just insult them instead. Those are also the ones that other people seem to be downvoting. I don't think anyone is shooting the messenger here.
I am not experienced at replying to several comments a minute, I’m sure I made some errors in judgement during that process, but I think this thread is as active as it is because people want to know how this shit works, not because I’m the apex troll of pushing people’s buttons. FB and Google are in a dubious market position here but they take a lot of flack on HN for how highly they pay and how hard the interview used to be.
For the record I am inked all over with anti-equation group stuff: I agree that these companies are too big and powerful (and I would know).
I just don’t see a solution with the present judiciary. If anyone has a bright idea my email is in my profile.
I will thank you all in advance for not shooting the messenger.