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by guraf 1087 days ago
The reactions were predictable when you consider:

1. Some HN users might/could have been personally inconvenienced by OP's action and they prefer resenting him rather than GitHub for whatever reason

2. Many HN users get paid a lot to work on SaaS themselves, so seeing a peer (however big it is) get abused for (what appears to be) entertainment is terrifying to them