Story damn near old as time at this point. There's nothing new to be said on the abstract of this event. Some say it's a private company, others say we're outso

Story damn near old as time at this point. There's nothing new to be said on the abstract of this event. Some say it's a private company, others say we're outsourcing the stewardship of too many of our public fora to private companies, others will insist that it's wrong in principal, others will say they're just being good custodians of the public dialogue. Nobody's mind will change. Methodologically, I absolutely respect Wordpress's decision to give them advanced warning. If this were to become standard practice, I believe it would constitute a massive deescalation in the culture war/fight against possible misinformation. Rather than attempting to wipe them from the internet with little notice, WordPress tersely informed them that they were no longer welcome, and gave them an eviction date. Call me jaded, but at this point I find this to be a refreshingly civil attempt at a divorce.