I too am confused how targeting may be illegal under a law that forbids discrimination and discriminating content of ads - I am not familiar with the law. Lack of knowledge/understanding doesn’t make me “racist”.
Some other comments in this inflammatory thread helped me get the point, but your attacks on everybody as racists-by-defaul are deeply bigoted and insulting.
Thinking about it, people who disagree with me by thinking that it is okay to deny housing based on race is by definition racist, no? The fact is clearly spelled out in law.
I'm not even saying someone disagrees with me. Where do you see that? I stated that there is casual racism in this thread.
I understand there is confusion in the law regarding targeting specifically. But stand back and take a look at the bigger picture of what the technology we create could allow. Like other real self proclaimed proud racists who would only use the service without understanding how it works.
It's not that it's targeting. It's not allowing those your not targeting to be part of the open market.
If you are something, someone calling it out is not an attack or bigotry. Sometimes the truth hurts.
Its a hard truth to swallow.
The rest of this isn't directed just at you astura.
If this was some random Facebook or 4chan comment would you be so quick to come to that rationalization?
I feel we like to think the individuals we associate with on HN are like minded. To admit they aren't is almost a personal affront. To keep the disillusion going we must rationalize and make up excuses for them or how they behave.
But sometimes a duck is a duck.