[zelon88]

> We are powerless. I'm sorry. 8/9

This is such a frustrating outlook. Your are powerless because you believe you are powerless. You believe you are powerless because your government recognized your power long ago and actively works to subvert it.

The police telling you to break into smaller groups is why you are powerless. Your cooperation with tyranny is all that makes you powerless.

We aren't even in your country and we know we are going to stop your government. We want to, and we will.

It's too bad we want it more than you, and sad that other people have to pay with their lives because you want to live on your knees.

[randomcatuser]

I find it hard to take this viewpoint seriously. It's essentially saying, "to have valid cause, you need to literally overthrow your government." To put that in perspective, think of how much effort it takes to change education policy in the US, or healthcare policy. Even in a "democratic" system, you have little say in what your government does. Do you really think you can change how schools are run, or how healthcare is charged? Coordination is next to impossible without a robust public forum (which, reading the hacker's comments, is next to impossible in Belarus). It is unjustifiable to hold an arbitrary individual accountable for systemic failures.

You say "we" as if... you speak for HackerOne? If this is their true perspective, it is a tragedy. Allowing companies to do this basically sets a precedent for companies to arbitrarily say, "Hah, we don't like you, so we're not going to payout". In the future, you'll see people get "cancelled" because they said something bad, or because the CEO doesn't like their environmental views, or what have you. The individual is at the mercy of the big corp (hey, isn't that what you're against, in Belarus-government format?)

I suggest HackerOne (and this comment) to immediately rectify this by making all efforts to allow the individual to receive the funds (if&when it is legal to do so)

[sp332]

This move is probably counterproductive. You want to incentivize people to end the sanctions by promising them they can get their money when it's over. If the money is gone, there is no point anymore.

[tryauuum]

> you want to live on your knees

When you have to choose between personal physical health and slight possibility of improving your government, the choice is obvious. I doubt you would make a different choice if you were put in Russia.

And don't tell me there is power in numbers and millions of Russians can change anything. If there are millions of Russians that oppose this war (I'm not sure about it) it's hard to organize them. The people who were good at organizing protests were hunted.

EDIT: and I hate this patronizing western rhetoric "protesting the government is easy, I'll teach you how"