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So Cloudflare went from hosting everything that's not illegal, to kicking people out who claim that Cloudflare supports their ideology, to kicking people out wi

So Cloudflare went from hosting everything that's not illegal, to kicking people out who claim that Cloudflare supports their ideology, to kicking people out with less than a day's notice on a Sunday if a forum attracts user-generated content that Cloudflare doesn't like - and the rules for content that they don't tolerate may change on similarly short notice with no warning before they decide to terminate your account (most likely based on "has enough media outrage happened"). Also, they stated that they were "cooperating around monitoring potential hate sites on our network", which makes me wonder what kind of monitoring we're talking about here, and whether and where else they share traffic that they're proxying. Regardless of what you think about 8chan (I'm not familiar with the site but there seems to be consensus that it's a cesspool), these points are interesting to note.

robertcope 7y ago
Definitely a bit of a shock to me. I really like Cloudflare. But I'm not sure I really like this move.
- yesco 7y ago
  Personally, I'm both shocked and disappointed over the support people in this thread are giving to Cloudflare over this. This is both ridiculous and unprofessional.
mnm1 7y ago
Most companies have similar polices for much milder infractions. Amazon kicks out customers all the time based on random algorithms. So does Google. And Apple. At least cloudflare clearly has human review and even writes a long blog post to explain their decision. And we're talking about a site that incites violence. So I'd say cloudflare has at least a much more transparent policy than most internet companies. As far as timeline, it's about on par. One day you're in, the next you're out. That's the norm these days. I'm not saying it's not fucked up but until we start regulating these companies, this is what we're stuck with.

robertcope 7y ago

Definitely a bit of a shock to me. I really like Cloudflare. But I'm not sure I really like this move.

yesco 7y ago
Personally, I'm both shocked and disappointed over the support people in this thread are giving to Cloudflare over this. This is both ridiculous and unprofessional.

mnm1 7y ago

Most companies have similar polices for much milder infractions. Amazon kicks out customers all the time based on random algorithms. So does Google. And Apple. At least cloudflare clearly has human review and even writes a long blog post to explain their decision. And we're talking about a site that incites violence. So I'd say cloudflare has at least a much more transparent policy than most internet companies. As far as timeline, it's about on par. One day you're in, the next you're out. That's the norm these days. I'm not saying it's not fucked up but until we start regulating these companies, this is what we're stuck with.