[freshnote]

Looking back at some of the earlier HN conversations, when Megaupload was first shut down by the US, you can see those who made damning accusations and blind assumptions that Megaupload were guilty.

These people should be ashamed. They are part of the problem.

It's baffling they would be so opinionated and cocksure although they plainly didn't know the facts.

I'm curious why these HN readers told bald faced lies. What's in it for them? How many other discussions have they polluted with misinformation?

[pyre]

I'm pretty sure those people believed that Megaupload was guilty prior to the indictments. E.g. if the US served copyright-infringement indictments against ThePirateBay and a bunch of HNers claimed that ThePirateBay was guilty, it would be a stretch to say that their opinions were solely based on the indictments...