The way I understand, apparently nomoremongo wrote it but it was reposted quickly by nmongo (http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=nmongo) in hopes that they could then become the top post, so later on they can yell in all caps how it was a hoax and thus discredit the original post.
You know nmongo, if you are trying to help MongoDB you just did the opposite. I've said this many times here before, but the best marketing is your competitors stupid marketing. You are providing stupid marketing for MongoDB and you are hurting it.
> People should note that yesterday's anonymous pastebin "Don't use MongoDB" article was apparently a hoax,
Now another question isb do you know that it wasn't a hoax but continue in the same vein in hopes to still save the day, or you actually believe it was a hoax?
There was always something suspicious about an anonymous post lacking any verifiable facts. Then, 10gen's CTO states that none of it resonates with any support issues they've had. Then, add this.
I know exactly what it will take for me to believe the pastbin story.
I'm curious, what will it take for you to not believe it?
I agree this is a shady post. Even "how" it was posted is shady. So I am not standing 100% behind it. It is just more of a gut instinct.
At the same time, it got on the front page because the story resonated and made sense to others.
There were quite a few people who commented how "oh yeah I've had problems with lost data". And I think that is what pushed the post's popularity more than the original pastebin. So the discussion got a life of its own after a while. Followed by response posts and response posts to those and so on.
Well, it's outlier info from an unreliable source. And possibly outdated too. So if I were evaluating MongoDB, I'd probably just discard this info. (Or skim it for whatever tiny scraps of technical info came out of the discussions.)
Original post was this by nomoremongo:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3201772
Post actually discussed was:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3202081
Very clever.
The way I understand, apparently nomoremongo wrote it but it was reposted quickly by nmongo (http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=nmongo) in hopes that they could then become the top post, so later on they can yell in all caps how it was a hoax and thus discredit the original post.
You know nmongo, if you are trying to help MongoDB you just did the opposite. I've said this many times here before, but the best marketing is your competitors stupid marketing. You are providing stupid marketing for MongoDB and you are hurting it.
> People should note that yesterday's anonymous pastebin "Don't use MongoDB" article was apparently a hoax,
Now another question isb do you know that it wasn't a hoax but continue in the same vein in hopes to still save the day, or you actually believe it was a hoax?