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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by ashton314 on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:14PM (#44928572)
Lemme guess: you might think that everyone should just write their blogs on Substack, right?

The web thrives on diversity. More forges is good.

Furthermore, GitHub has been making moves that understandably worry some and so it’s great that there are some excellent alternatives.

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by KingMob on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:16AM (#44928816)
Bit of a side note, but nobody should use Substack for anything.

For those out of the loop, Substack has been overlooking Nazis on their platform for a few years, and recently pushed a notification to all subscribers to check out a blog with a Nazi swastika.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/substacks-nazi-p...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-e...

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by ipaddr on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:34AM (#44928885)
Don't use the most used platform for blogging reach in 2025 because .0000001% of users are people you hate?

Sounds silly. Don't use wordpress because a store I don't like uses it? I hate to tell you this but friend and foe are using Google search.. time to move on.

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by timeon on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:34AM (#44929404)
What does it tell about you when you dismiss concern about Nazis "as people you hate"?

> Don't use wordpress because a store I don't like uses it?

Store I do not like have not murdered half of my family.

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by ipaddr on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:19PM (#44954569)
My family was killed by Vikings.. who should I boycott?
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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by BlueTemplar on Sunday August 17, 2025 @09:27AM (#44931408)
WordPress isn't a platform.

Also, downvoted for being a platform shill.

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by ipaddr on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:21PM (#44954588)
Wordpress is a hosting platform.

When you get more upvotes than downvotes you might be on to something

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by KingMob on Monday August 18, 2025 @02:20AM (#44937901)
The difference is the Substack owners have actively recommended Nazi substacks, and ignored calls to deplatform Nazi content.

They're not a common carrier like the phone company, and could kick off the nazis at any moment if they wanted to.

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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by ipaddr on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:22PM (#44954607)
If they kicked off Nazis wouldn't that make them Nazis. Isn't that exactly what they would do.
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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by KingMob on Thursday August 28, 2025 @05:53AM (#45050312)
No. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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