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My personal bias is way in favor of the EFF but the tone still irks me. And don't be fooled by footnotes! Unlike EFF, Wikipedia consciously strives for balance
by tacos 10y ago
My personal bias is way in favor of the EFF but the tone still irks me. And don't be fooled by footnotes! Unlike EFF, Wikipedia consciously strives for balance and they often come up way short, too. Any decent advocacy organization knows how to play the "references" game.
- studentrob 10y agoI agree with you, often the tone of EFF feels off. It can vary a lot by article. I think this is evidence of a nascent tech community. We are fractured in our approach to some things (e.g. RMS vs others) and this shows in the varied responses by EFF. I definitely don't agree with everything they have to say about tech and policy but I am glad they exist. They keep pretty good tabs on government and private company policy. Sometimes it feels weird when they criticize some private company for a policy which I feel is not a big deal, but I just register my disagreement and note they're not me ;-)