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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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I summed up my views in the latest lobste.rs kerfuffle in a blog post:
https://gerikson.com/blog/comm/Radical-centrism.html
Thanks for this! Would you consider making a new post in TechTakes? It could be useful to have a more durable place to comment on this topic.
I'll consider it. I'd like to sleep on it and see if events overtake it overnight, which can definitely happen
On second thought I won't post it myself, it's a bit too mean-spirited and facile. I haven't been party to the discussions on IRC so I am probably missing a bunch of nuance.
I do compare the mods to Robespierre and co which might be seen as less of a compliement. I do believe they're working under a lot of pressure and it's hard to make decisions that please everyone.
I am mostly not unhappy that it's not been a complete victory for the sloppers