[mgraczyk]

This article is pretty strange. It opens with "...he was quietly ousted from Facebook after a $100,000 donation to a pro-Trump ‘shitposting’ group came to light."

However, the linked article doesn't say that. It says he gave $100,000 to Trump's inauguration. The linked article also references figures like "Microsoft, which donated $500,00", "Qualcomm, which donated $1,000,000". In fact, the article's title makes this clear: "...donated $100,000 to Trump’s inauguration"

How could a "reporter" and his editor be so confused that they completely misinterpret another article hosted on their own site? More importantly, why is this trash on Hacker News?

[soundwave106]

Yeah, the article confuses some basic details. The "shitposting group" that Palmer Luckey gave money to is called Nimble America. Palmer Luckey reportedly gave $10,000 to that group, not $100,000. Due to the inflammatory nature of the group, there was a controversy last September on exactly how much Palmer was directly involved. This is all easily Google-searchable.

I can see this being on Hacker News due to the technology connection. It would have been better to find a more neutral / factual article, perhaps. Maybe the BBC version? (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40158899)

[danielcarvalho]

The article pretty much comes out the gate with bias and agenda, now days that passes as journalism. I also find this habit of using allegations as proof really frustrating. I agree, it's disappointing to see garbage like this posted on Hacker News.