[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)