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> Businesses don't refuse particular customers out of a sense of social justice - they do it because continuing to service their customers harms their reputatio
by imron 8y ago
> Businesses don't refuse particular customers out of a sense of social justice - they do it because continuing to service their customers harms their reputation, and thus their business
And yet this case shows the exact opposite, and they are hemorrhaging users and money for it.
> I'm saying that it's not good to require business to provide a platform for their hate.
The Overton window really has shifted too far if you consider the things Sargon of Akkad says as hate speech.
- austhrow743 8y agoSomething being a poor business decision in retrospect doesn't mean it was made knowing that it would be a poor business decision. Patreon fucked up the execution. Reddit has been throwing out more and more undesirables and it's been working out well for them.