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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:33PM (#24306857)
The tech industry is a place where people generally prefer to talk things out rather than yelling and shaming. I think that's worth protecting, even if we see short term gains that might be available from defection. After all, once Google realizes the norms have changed, won't they be able to leverage their resources to find people who yell louder and shame more frequently than you?
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by VLM on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:21PM (#24308300)
The old days are gone.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:37PM (#24308454)
The old days were never as controversy-free as most people remember. There was a time not that long ago when common techie opinions like "Internet piracy isn't a big deal" or "shooter games are fun and kid-friendly" were seen as quite immoral in some circles, and calling your forum "Hacker News" was kinda subversive. If we're headed back to that kind of environment, just with a different set of moral issues enforced by a different set of people, that seems solidly OK.
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