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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Mar 2015

    One of the most curious things about haters is the energy with which they hate. Imagine if they used that energy for good.

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      2. Jeff Atwood‏Verified account @codinghorror 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg if there are no haters, you probably aren't doing anything very interesting.

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      2. Vitalik Non-giver of Ether‏Verified account @VitalikButerin 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg OTOH haters useful to counter groupthink; though I suppose haters high-quality enough to serve that func are better called "critics"

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      3. Bill Schafer‏ @wjschafer 19 Mar 2015
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        @VitalikButerin @paulg Haters are the epitome of groupthink. They eagerly seek out other haters to hate with. Hate has its own momentum.

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      1. Christian Van Der H.‏ @cvander 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg hate creates hate, it creates a feedback loop of the wronk kind of dopamine.

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      1. Ray Sturm‏ @Ray_Sturm 18 Mar 2015
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        Not poss“@paulg: One of the most curious things about haters is the energy with which they hate. Imagine if they used that energy for good.”

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      2. Rabbi Nosson Potash‏ @NossonPotash 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg @pmarca "the measure of good exceeds the measure of bad by the ratio of 1 to 500" #talmud

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      3. Rabbi Nosson Potash‏ @NossonPotash 18 Mar 2015
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        Would be tremendous! "the measure of good exceeds the measure of bad by the ratio of 1 to 500" #talmud @paulg @pmarca

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      1. Designfirstapps‏ @DesignFirstApps 19 Mar 2015
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        @paulg @ericsimons40 Slaters gonna Slate, and haters gonna hate..lolpic.twitter.com/YqSSqiyBp4

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      1. Eric Brotto‏ @ericbrotto 19 Mar 2015
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        .@paulg @pmarca not sure, but I think @taylorswift13 wrote a song about it

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      1. Matthew Prince‏Verified account @eastdakota 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg not about right. About attention. Vanity, vanities, all is vanity.

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      2. jviddy‏ @jviddy 19 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Yes, but hating requires a lot less skill than doing.

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      3. Fishbones‏ @Fishbones2017 19 Mar 2015
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        @jviddy @paulg my theory - haters hate b/c they can't do it themselves. So they drag down those who can

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      1. Tristan Pollock‏Verified account @pollock 23 Mar 2015
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        @paulg @bhorowitz Preach!

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      1. Ben Wheeler‏ @benjiwheeler 18 Mar 2015
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        .@paulg That's why @taylorswift13 has to say "haters gonna hate" 6 times

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      1. louis lebbos‏ @LouisLebbos 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Fav quote from @BenjaminZander "A cynic is a passionate person that has been disappointed" What can we do to turn haters around??

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      1. Coach LeRoy Gardner‏ @leroygardner 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg an interesting anecdote re online haters from @npr @invisiblia http://www.npr.org/2015/02/13/385794689/how-to-grow-a-bully-lullaby …

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      1. Edwin K‏ @edwk 18 Mar 2015
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        @paulg I hate haters :-)

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      1. josh franta‏ @feynmanrocks 23 Mar 2015
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        @paulg apparently haters more likely to come from places where neighbors are stressed and have health issues http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/twitter-can-predict-rates-coronary-heart-disease-according-penn-research …

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