> There's a lot of vitriol here that is ultimately misplaced away from the author's own ignorance.
For what it's worth, this makes it sound like you think the vitriol should be aimed at the author's ignorance rather than the circumstances which led to it, presuming you meant the latter.
I do think the author's ignorance was a bigger problem--both in the sense of he should have known better and also in the sense that the PSL needs to be more discoverable--than anything Google('s automated systems) did.
However, I'm now reflecting on what I said as "be careful what you wish for", because the comments on this HN post have done a complete 180 since I wrote it, to the point of turning into a pile-on in the opposite direction.
> also in the sense that the PSL needs to be more discoverable
Well, this is a problem that caused the author's ignorance but you present it as though it's the other way around. That's primarily what I meant. Not really disagreeing with "should have known better", mostly in the sense that user-generated content is a huge yellow flag.