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Re:Being Ridiculed for My Open Source Project (2013) by politelemon on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:24AM (#33502828)
I went through the code, some of the tweets, and I'm trying to figure out what they are thinking. The best guess I can come up with, is if someone were to make their own tool similar to the ubiquitous "curl" or "wget", there would be a kneejerk reaction from some people (lol it's curl but worse), while most people would be happy to simply ignore it, and a few would be curious about it.

The problem with Twitter is that it gives an equal platform to everyone's opinions even if it is without merit or reasonable discourse.

Re:Being Ridiculed for My Open Source Project (2013) by robertlagrant on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:22AM (#33506077)
> The problem with Twitter is that it gives an equal platform to everyone's opinions even if it is without merit or reasonable discourse.

Isn't that the problem with communication in general? Wouldn't, say, HN have the same issue?

Re:Being Ridiculed for My Open Source Project (2013) by endorphine on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:43PM (#33510205)
HN has moderation (with a higher bar than Twitter) and downvotes, so I wouldn't say it's the same issue.
Re:Being Ridiculed for My Open Source Project (2013) by robertlagrant on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:28AM (#33520028)
True, although Twitter allows self-directed moderation through blocking and following.