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Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by rglullis on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:40AM (#29105418)
I know it is going to sound like an ad-hominem, but once I realized that this is from the same person behind the "Grid protocol", I immediately closed the tab. This guy seems to be on a quixotic vendetta against msxid. It is the third or fourth persona (first it was from a personal account, then from his company, now he has even a non-profit advocating for privacy) that he created to re-hash the same old, outdated and irrelevant argument.

And the pathetic thing is, if he had spent more time working on his "Grid protocol" instead of pointless nitpicking, maybe he would have a lot more credibility on the matter.

Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by spurgu on Thursday November 04, 2021 @10:58AM (#29108011)
I don't get this kind of thinking? How does the why of what he's saying influence the what? Or even worse, disqualify it? If it's factually correct then the reason behind writing it seems quite irrelevant, to me at least.

And you're mentioning it's outdated, which would be natural given that the last commit was over two years ago.

Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by rglullis on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:08PM (#29108902)
It was outdated two years ago already, people already back then assuming good intent and pointed out that the "issues" he complained about were being worked on, yet he adamantly continued to ignore it and claim that everyone using Matrix was being duped and that his implementation of the id server was the only way to go. That is why.
Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by spurgu on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:33PM (#29109242)
Oh ok, I stand corrected. Wasn't clear to me from your original post, but it actually makes sense now that I re-read it.
Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by eximius on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:56PM (#29109597)
It doesn't, but you can spend less effort engaging with someone acting in bad faith.
Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by vorejdajo on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:42AM (#29105839)
It is ad-hominem and bias
Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by junon on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:58AM (#29105998)
Ad hom would be saying the author smells like moldy cheese and therefore we should disregard his opinion.

The parent comment is not using ad hom. They're critiquing the author's work and assessing their credibility based off of that. It's perfectly fine, and a great viewpoint to consider.

Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) by colordrops on Thursday November 04, 2021 @10:47AM (#29107877)
Is pointing out conflict of interest and hominem?