<story><title>Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?</title><text>A few months ago there was an intense discussion at https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=7566069 regarding the appointment of Condoleezza Rice on the Board of Dropbox.&lt;p&gt;The linked page was http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.drop-dropbox.com&amp;#x2F;.&lt;p&gt;Looking at Crunchbase profile of Dropbox indicates that Rice continues as a Board member.&lt;p&gt;I am curious to know how many users decided to drop Dropbox as a consequence of the above.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t forget to upvote the post itself to get more people to vote on this.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>lhnz</author><text>I continue to use Dropbox and I&amp;#x27;m &lt;i&gt;pro&lt;/i&gt; the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government.&lt;p&gt;(Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name&amp;#x27;s basis with somebody important will be invaluable.)&lt;p&gt;Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting punished with downvotes. Editing again because it&amp;#x27;s now going the other direction, but my point still stands: don&amp;#x27;t downvote or upvote just to normalise your own political beliefs.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cryoshon</author><text>&amp;quot;Politics&amp;quot; is discrete from ethics. Condi is a pariah, ethically speaking-- a war criminal walking free.&lt;p&gt;Political links to the US govt are also a bit of a hazard-- the more you willingly approach them and enable them, the more they will take from your pocket and the more they will push you around. The Snowden leaks have painted a bad picture of the US companies as a result of their compliance with ridiculous government policy, and these companies are being scrutinized fiercely as a result.</text></comment>
<story><title>Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?</title><text>A few months ago there was an intense discussion at https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=7566069 regarding the appointment of Condoleezza Rice on the Board of Dropbox.&lt;p&gt;The linked page was http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.drop-dropbox.com&amp;#x2F;.&lt;p&gt;Looking at Crunchbase profile of Dropbox indicates that Rice continues as a Board member.&lt;p&gt;I am curious to know how many users decided to drop Dropbox as a consequence of the above.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t forget to upvote the post itself to get more people to vote on this.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>lhnz</author><text>I continue to use Dropbox and I&amp;#x27;m &lt;i&gt;pro&lt;/i&gt; the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government.&lt;p&gt;(Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name&amp;#x27;s basis with somebody important will be invaluable.)&lt;p&gt;Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting punished with downvotes. Editing again because it&amp;#x27;s now going the other direction, but my point still stands: don&amp;#x27;t downvote or upvote just to normalise your own political beliefs.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>shapov</author><text>You make a claim that,&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  it is wise for us to have more political links to the US government.
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but you fail to explain why. Perhaps that&amp;#x27;s the source of some downvotes.&lt;p&gt;You also write,&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Politics is irrelevant to me
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which demostrates that your &amp;#x27;opinion&amp;#x27; comes from a place of indifference, perhaps another reason for downvotes.</text></comment>