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Yes, but Cloudflare needs talented engineers, and talented engineers don’t sign up to serve clients like 8chan. Software doesn’t run on one person’s contrarian
by doctorpangloss 7y ago
Yes, but Cloudflare needs talented engineers, and talented engineers don’t sign up to serve clients like 8chan. Software doesn’t run on one person’s contrarian politics.
- ng12 7y agoI think you'd find a great many talented engineers don't share the same politics you do, and an even greater number who are far too apolitical for it to factor into their job search.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoMost of us work for whomever pays top dollar, regardless of politics.
- zorpner 7y agoI think more engineers are realizing that if you've been working for Uber, Facebook, Twitter, and maybe now (or depending on how they act, maybe not) Cloudflare it severely curtails your future opportunities, both as an employee and socially.
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- xwdv 7y agoThere is nothing inherently virtuous about talented engineers, and in fact some of the most talented engineers I’ve come across in the industry have very loose morals.
- chroma 7y agoCloudflare serves many odious sites, such as https://godhatesfags.com/ https://godhatesfags.com/. They only terminate service when some site gets a lot of heat in the news. I like to think I'm a pretty talented engineer. I've avoided using Cloudflare and I've avoided applying to them because of their wishy-washy stance on censorship. They are a utility. PG&E doesn't terminate electricity service based on what was said on a property. So too should it be for data services. Otherwise, you get people lying and doing false flags to get their enemies kicked off the internet.
- s_Hogg 7y agoThere are already people doing that stuff. Given that's the case, why should they not act?
- ambicapter 7y ago> They are a utility. They are not even close to a utility.
- betacat 7y agoIt's unfortunately easy to find sociopathic engineers.