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It's worth noting the author of this piece keeps getting kicked off of twitter for talking about his personal experiences in Communist Romania.

coldtea 8y ago
Which shows why letting a single country's private companies, with their single (anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests) point of view, to dominate the internet is a problem...
- UncleEntity 8y ago
  One would think that anti-communist ranting would be in the best interest of the "anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests". The more reasonable explanation is people abusing the abuse button or whatever twitter uses to flag posts.
- lylecubed 8y ago
  > single (anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests) point of view Can you show me proof that any web single company actually has this point of view? If anything, most tech companies are anti-puritan, anti-anglo-saxon and anti-US national interests. Had you bothered to read the link, you would know the author has the exact point of view you just described and yet he's been kicked off of twitter thrice.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    >Can you show me proof that any web single company actually has this point of view? If anything, most tech companies are anti-puritan, anti-anglo-saxon and anti-US national interests. From CEOs getting cozy with presidents and declaring their patriotism (while running a globally important web services), cutting off people like Assange, or even directly working for the State Department or various agencies (e.g. Bezos), to the censorship that's always based on what a US-person would tolerate (e.g. nudity) or find offensive, and so on... Their whole mission statements reek of Californian ideology as well, but that's another story.
mikeash 8y ago
I suspect the author got kicked off for other reasons (related to his rampant misogyny, perhaps?) and these tales are unfortunate collateral damage.
- lylecubed 8y ago
  Have you got proof of those allegations?
  - mikeash 8y ago
    The misogyny is evident from browsing their tweets. As for it being the reason they got banned, no, that’s why I said “suspect.” Do you have proof of what you said?
    - lylecubed 8y ago
      So you mentioned it solely as a method of character assassination, then? proof: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1020755555978162176.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1020755555978162176.html
      - mikeash 8y ago
        No, I mentioned it as an alternate explanation. I don’t see anything in your “proof” which shows why he got banned. Did I miss it?
        lylecubed 8y ago
        Yes. Willingly, if I had to guess. You've been stinking up this whole post with misinformation.
        mikeash 8y ago
        Really? Because I did find this: > No reason given, other than the standard “you broke the community rules, here is the link you click if you want to appeal”. Does he contradict this elsewhere and give the reason?

coldtea 8y ago

Which shows why letting a single country's private companies, with their single (anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests) point of view, to dominate the internet is a problem...

UncleEntity 8y ago
One would think that anti-communist ranting would be in the best interest of the "anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests". The more reasonable explanation is people abusing the abuse button or whatever twitter uses to flag posts.
lylecubed 8y ago
> single (anglosaxon, pro-market, puritan, pro-US-national-interests) point of view Can you show me proof that any web single company actually has this point of view? If anything, most tech companies are anti-puritan, anti-anglo-saxon and anti-US national interests. Had you bothered to read the link, you would know the author has the exact point of view you just described and yet he's been kicked off of twitter thrice.
- coldtea 8y ago
  >Can you show me proof that any web single company actually has this point of view? If anything, most tech companies are anti-puritan, anti-anglo-saxon and anti-US national interests. From CEOs getting cozy with presidents and declaring their patriotism (while running a globally important web services), cutting off people like Assange, or even directly working for the State Department or various agencies (e.g. Bezos), to the censorship that's always based on what a US-person would tolerate (e.g. nudity) or find offensive, and so on... Their whole mission statements reek of Californian ideology as well, but that's another story.

mikeash 8y ago

I suspect the author got kicked off for other reasons (related to his rampant misogyny, perhaps?) and these tales are unfortunate collateral damage.

lylecubed 8y ago
Have you got proof of those allegations?
- mikeash 8y ago
  The misogyny is evident from browsing their tweets. As for it being the reason they got banned, no, that’s why I said “suspect.” Do you have proof of what you said?
  - lylecubed 8y ago
    So you mentioned it solely as a method of character assassination, then? proof: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1020755555978162176.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1020755555978162176.html
    - mikeash 8y ago
      No, I mentioned it as an alternate explanation. I don’t see anything in your “proof” which shows why he got banned. Did I miss it?
      - lylecubed 8y ago
        Yes. Willingly, if I had to guess. You've been stinking up this whole post with misinformation.
        mikeash 8y ago
        Really? Because I did find this: > No reason given, other than the standard “you broke the community rules, here is the link you click if you want to appeal”. Does he contradict this elsewhere and give the reason?