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Re:Show HN: A decentralized index of banned users and where ... by Mattasher on Friday August 10, 2018 @09:54AM (#17733241)
Lead dev on the service here. Please have a look at the page, especially the comments about how unpopular views can change over time, and how the views you hold are certain to seem deplorable to someone out there (hn user nostrademons has a good quote about this which I used).

At core though, for me this is about protecting access to information and the importance of decentralized (uncensorable) identity, not about who private companies should or shouldn't allow on their platforms.

Re:Show HN: A decentralized index of banned users and where ... by insomniacity on Friday August 10, 2018 @09:59AM (#17733280)
Matt, it sounds like you've rebuilt the graph I already have through Keybase (https://keybase.io/). Can I not just use that instead?
Re:Show HN: A decentralized index of banned users and where ... by Mattasher on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:04AM (#17733333)
I love the Keybase project (I'm user @mattasher)! You guys are on my list of people to contact as we get closer to public rollout. Anyone at Keybase I should contact specifically?
Re:Show HN: A decentralized index of banned users and where ... by that_guy1 on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:51AM (#17733736)
in footnote 3 you write, 'Candice Owens replaced the word “white” with “black”' . She replaced "white" with "Jewish"
Re:Show HN: A decentralized index of banned users and where ... by Mattasher on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:55AM (#17733776)
Good catch! I believe she did both replacements, in different tweets. I've updated the footnote to be more clear.