App.net, like I need another bug tracker

Re:App.net, like I need another bug tracker by AznHisoka on Sunday August 12, 2012 @06:04PM (#4373768)

What is svbtle in the first place (never even heard of it, and I bet 99% of people haven't either)? Is it a theme? I have no clue why this needs to be mentioned. WHy not just criticize his words?

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Re:App.net, like I need another bug tracker by tptacek on Sunday August 12, 2012 @06:08PM (#4373780)

Svbtle is a blog network. Go to SVBTLE.COM to see who's writing for it; it's the first thing you see on the site.

Whether or not something is part of SVBTLE is about as important a point as whether it's written for Ars Technica, or for ZDNet: that is, not the most important thing about the piece, but by absolutely no means irrelevant.

Also, had this been an actual Svbtle piece, it would have carried the frisson of being a contrarian take on the work of another Svbtle author, since Svbtle is where Dalton Caldwell announced App.net to begin with.

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Re:App.net, like I need another bug tracker by AznHisoka on Sunday August 12, 2012 @07:22PM (#4373948)

ok so it's an elitist old boy's club? And this blog isn't part of it? Still do not get what's the big deal.

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Re:App.net, like I need another bug tracker by tptacek on Sunday August 12, 2012 @07:24PM (#4373951)

"Elitist old boy's club"? What does that even mean?

Are we really that insecure? That any time anybody chooses to affiliate selectively in a new way, we have to cast aspersions?

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