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Yep. I was blacklisted from several tech events, for writing a mildly negative Facebook post about a local consulting company. This is becoming a real problem.
by kitanata 10y ago
Yep. I was blacklisted from several tech events, for writing a mildly negative Facebook post about a local consulting company. This is becoming a real problem. Companies in the tech space are using blacklisting to silence any kind criticism or critique.
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y agoNo, no, everything is fine, it's not the gummint, so your getting squashed like a bug is perfectly alright. It's just consequences, man up, they even have a xkcd comic to back it up. Really. (Unless the shoe is on the other foot. Then it's completely different, and something must be done.)
- Twirrim 10y agoIt's completely their prerogative to do so.
- happyslobro 10y agoIt is harmful for any stakeholders but the target to tolerate this behaviour. Outing the coverup on HN is entirely appropriate, imo.
- unethical_ban 10y agoAnd as usual, that doesn't make it right. - x is doing something bad - x is allowed to do that - that doesn't make it right The HN comment circle of life
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- wpietri 10y agoAgreed. This patterns makes me crazy. If I say, "This use of power is immoral," I read the response of "but they have that power" one of two ways: Obvious tautology, and therefore useless. Or contradiction of my claim of immorality, which basically is an assertion that might makes right.
- happyslobro 10y agoHow does blacklisting actually work, in this situation? Do you mean that you are actually forbidden from attending conferences? Dude, fuck that! Call them on their groupthink through whatever channels are still open! @mods: expletive is appropriate in this situation
- Zikes 10y agoHN mods generally don't care about cursing, as long as you're contributing to the conversation.