Making a distinction of whether individuals have changed perspective on the topic, and whether a community has are different levels of examination, and both may provide insights. In this case, Hacker news is an emergent phenomenon of individuals; it's OK to examine its evolution as whole.
I thought it was parallel construction from illegal NSA surveillance then, I think it is that now. Once you have the suspect in custody and his belongings examined it's "oh, see, we found this Stackoverflow post, that's how we knew".
It's absurd. Even the non-Silk-Road charges look as if they were tacked on so that people like us weren't sympathetic about what were only non-violent drug trafficking charges ("look, he also hired a killer to murder an enemy!").
that's what has me worried about the kohberger trial. the prosecution's delayed it for years; if he gets out, the techniques that caught him so quickly will potentially have done more harm than good.
