[temphn]

Are you seriously advocating reporting someone to the police based on a one sentence secondhand account from a single dumb Hacker News front page post?

You have zero context for what happened here (could well be user error!) and yet you are encouraging an angry mob to go and SWAT someone.

If you want to play that game, I'm sure that filing false police reports -- or encouraging others to do so -- is a flagrant violation of California's penal code. It is you, John Nagle, who should be thrown in jail if this turns out to be a nothingburger (as is likely the case!).

Or we could all just calm down and report it as a bug. Jesus Christ.

[jcsnv]

Why is this getting down voted?

[hnal943]

Because Animats is suggesting that the OP file a police report, not randoms from the internet. He then says if enough people (i.e. customers of AngelList) complain, they may be heard. There's nothing untoward about referring someone who believes they've been victimized to the police.

[dang]

Probably because it escalated by getting personal. Wrong direction to go.