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>I do not think I am unique. When those that agree with you start affecting said companies' bottom line, we'll call it a movement. Until then you appear to be

>I do not think I am unique. When those that agree with you start affecting said companies' bottom line, we'll call it a movement. Until then you appear to be in the severe minority. The Internet is not governed, it is bought and sold; if you have any intention of affecting change, you do better to acknowledge that, at least as a start. Realize, too, that the ability to "leave" these services is something of a privilege. Every job I've ever applied to in the tech world asks for a LinkedIn and, I've observed for programming positions, at least a presence on GitHub. It's hard to explain your free speech objections on your intro letter.

sametmax 10y ago
The majority don't care about democracy and trade freedom for security everyday. The majority don't care about health and trade a healthy body for a cheeseburger everyday. The majority don't care about ecology and trade pollution for saving a walk everyday. Decision affecting the humanity cannot be based on the majority behavior. It should be based on the majority vote, because then you give people an occasion to step back and think. To discuss and argue. But don't base on status quo.
- astrange 10y ago
  Cheeseburgers are healthy. It's the fries and soda that get you.
Turing_Machine 10y ago
"Every job I've ever applied to in the tech world asks for a LinkedIn" I've never seen any job that asked for a LinkedIn account, nor am I acquainted with anyone who ever got a job through a LinkedIn account. While there are undoubtedly exceptions, I don't personally know of any. In fact, that's why I left LinkedIn (long before I left Twitter and GitHub) -- way too much company spam, not enough actual usefulness. "Realize, too, that the ability to "leave" these services is something of a privilege" Is there anything that isn't a "privilege" nowadays? "It's hard to explain your free speech objections on your intro letter." There's no need to "explain" anything. Just refer them to your own public code repo, which any programmer worth his or her salt should be able to set up in a short time using an Amazon S3 bucket and one of the many utilities that exist for manipulating those buckets. Presumably the company you're applying to just wants to see some code samples. There's nothing magical about GitHub.

sametmax 10y ago

The majority don't care about democracy and trade freedom for security everyday. The majority don't care about health and trade a healthy body for a cheeseburger everyday. The majority don't care about ecology and trade pollution for saving a walk everyday. Decision affecting the humanity cannot be based on the majority behavior. It should be based on the majority vote, because then you give people an occasion to step back and think. To discuss and argue. But don't base on status quo.

astrange 10y ago
Cheeseburgers are healthy. It's the fries and soda that get you.

Turing_Machine 10y ago

"Every job I've ever applied to in the tech world asks for a LinkedIn" I've never seen any job that asked for a LinkedIn account, nor am I acquainted with anyone who ever got a job through a LinkedIn account. While there are undoubtedly exceptions, I don't personally know of any. In fact, that's why I left LinkedIn (long before I left Twitter and GitHub) -- way too much company spam, not enough actual usefulness. "Realize, too, that the ability to "leave" these services is something of a privilege" Is there anything that isn't a "privilege" nowadays? "It's hard to explain your free speech objections on your intro letter." There's no need to "explain" anything. Just refer them to your own public code repo, which any programmer worth his or her salt should be able to set up in a short time using an Amazon S3 bucket and one of the many utilities that exist for manipulating those buckets. Presumably the company you're applying to just wants to see some code samples. There's nothing magical about GitHub.