On: "Full Self-Driving" doesn't imply autonomy, Tesla ...

[orwin]

No, I think in general HN has been more wary/skeptic of Musk than the general public. The turning point to me was the pedophilia accusation against someone actually saving kids, but since Solar city at least you could find people extremely critical (and since then I've looked at the solar city video critically and people here were right, it was oil salesman tactics)

[brandonmenc → orwin]

We must have been using totally different sites, then.

Go read the comments on any Tesla story here circa 2015-2018 [0] for a good laugh. The majority of people here were delusional re: Tesla and Musk.

[[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1514764800&dateRange=custom&...

[timeon → brandonmenc]

I have checked first two threads from your link and most people there were skeptical. Those that were not are not in today's thread.

Even if there was not skepticism before, it would be naive to think that it is the same crowd as today.

[wolverine876 → orwin]

My experience matches the GP: It was a cult of personality (or lots of astroturfing).