[Crito]

Search for Theranos (and related terms) in HN history with the search bar at the bottom of the page.

A lot of high profile posters making very embarrassing defences of Theranos. Lots of thinly veiled accusations of ageism, sexism, ludditism, etc. I fear few will learn any lasting lessons from this saga.

[kevinskii]

There were also others who were making pointed and substantive critiques of Theranos on HN many months before any of these stories broke.

Edit: Some examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8182026

[Crito]

This is true. There were in fact people voicing their suspicion that Theranos was all a crock of shit in the very first discussions on Theranos on HN.

Warning signs were there. People were voicing specific technical concerns, as well as less specific concerns over the technical expertise of those involved. For the most part, these critics were brushed off. HN's voting system did not promote their comments; rather it promoted the apologetics.

[notacoward]

Random thought: maybe "gratuitous positivity" is as damaging as "gratuitous negativity" and should be treated the same way. Only seems fair, doesn't it?

[dredmorbius]

There's an alternative philosophy to consider, stoicism:

http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/why-stoicism-is-one-of-th...

[jonesb6]

I knew there was a word that described my attitude towards tech journalism.