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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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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I summed up my views in the latest lobste.rs kerfuffle in a blog post:

https://gerikson.com/blog/comm/Radical-centrism.html

[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll consider it. I'd like to sleep on it and see if events overtake it overnight, which can definitely happen

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

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