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I think it’s important to separate the actions and intents of the company from their users. Any platform that has free speech as a core value will tend to attra

by rlt 7y ago

I think it’s important to separate the actions and intents of the company from their users. Any platform that has free speech as a core value will tend to attract objectionable people and content. That wiki page is mostly about the horrible things some of their users say and do.

jakelazaroff 7y ago
Elsewhere in the thread, I've posted a link to screenshots of their official Twitter account making anti-Semitic comments. Here's an image of their founder using a white supremacist hand sign: https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts.com/en/news/startups-protrump-ceo-removed-from-y-combinator-network-1479031577237 https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts....
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  ... The "OK" hand sign?
  - jakelazaroff 7y ago
    https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-trolling-gesture https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-...
    - rlt 7y ago
      Did you read the article or even the headline? The ADL literally says it's a trolling gesture, not a white supremacist sign. You can argue that this type of trolling is bad because helps normalize white supremacy, but that doesn't mean their motivation is actual white supremacy.
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