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Isn't naming an anti censorship tool "streisand" similar to naming an anti-facism tool "hitler"?
by umvi 7y ago
Isn't naming an anti censorship tool "streisand" similar to naming an anti-facism tool "hitler"?
- smrq 7y agoOnly if Hitler had tried but failed at fascism and inadvertently made people more free instead.
- umvi 7y agoI mean... Hitler did fail in the end. Germany is certainly more free post Hitler than it was pre Hitler
- fao_ 7y ago> Hitler did fail in the end. And yet Nazi flags fly in America, 50 years later. There was even a fascist parade in a prominent city in the last week. (https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1137466984168329216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1137466984168329216?ref...)
- filoleg 7y agoNot really. Streisand Effect is defined as "a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely."[0], so it seems to fit perfectly 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
- umvi 7y agoSure. And the "Hitler Effect" is defined as "a phenomenon whereby an attempt to create a genocidal fascist government has the unintended consequence of uniting nations of the earth committed to the destruction of said government" I was just pointing out the irony that an anti-censorship tool was named after a pro-censorship person
- swinglock 7y agoA bit of an exaggeration don't you think?
- mjlee 7y agoOne unsuccessfully attempted to keep photos of their house private. The other successfully orchestrated the murder of millions of people and brought about a war that engulfed most of the world with knock on effects for years to follow. I don't think it's that similar.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't take HN threads on flamey tangents. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gayBullshit 7y agoBoth tangentially involve Jews, so yes.