No, that would mean "Hacker" was back in "Hacker News". Of course it's a post about Google+.

That's a bit uncalled for, this story is really not the worse "off topic" story we've seen on the frontpage lately, even though I agree it's a bit short on actual content.

To me the actual problem is not the error message though (which is fairly straightforward and informative) but rather the fact that there seems to be no recourse or ways to contest that. But then again, in my opinion, if you outsource your identity online by having it managed by a third party like google, facebook or twitter you deserve everything you get. That seems to be a fairly unpopular opinion however.

Eh, we share the same sentiment.

I don't think people should be surprised when (and these are all examples from the front page over the past couple days) the terms and conditions change, the URLs might start costing money or Youtube merges with G+. It's not news and it shouldn't be surprising.

If you want to own your online identity, buy a domain name instead of trusting a third party to manage it.

I was expecting either that or "dbu shell" a nice new interactive shell like fish.

Same here, since domain name is "dbus hell".

You weren't the only one.