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The author should host the software in a more respectful place like GitLab. Sourceforge's inclusion of spyware and malware in downloads, and the current owner'
by lizardactivist 4y ago
The author should host the software in a more respectful place like GitLab.
Sourceforge's inclusion of spyware and malware in downloads, and the current owner's willful ignorance of racism and hate-speech in other publications (Slashdot) is not a sign of a serious company offering a serious service.
- Chris2048 4y agoAny source for "racism and hate-speech in [Slashdot]"?
- lizardactivist 4y agoSlashdot comments section is the source. I have not used it since 2019, but at that point it was still rife with hate speech directed towards the chinese, the russian, and generally black and brown people. And I do not have a curated journal of this ready for your inspection, you simply have to trawl the comments section yourself. That way you don't have to take my word for it.
- Chris2048 4y agoThen maybe you should provide that context: that this is simply your own opinion based on observing user comments, rather than an objectively established fact. How do you determine that comment curation that fails your own standards is "willful ignorance" on behalf of the owner?
- lizardactivist 4y agoI would say that language involving derogatory names for black people, arabs, russians, and asians, would always be objective established as racism. I don't know why anyone would disagree with that. And I reported hundreds of comments with language like this over the years, and whenever I followed up on it I always found the comments still present in the discussion thread.
- tssva 4y agoI have no idea what the issue is with Slashdot regarding racism and hate-speech, but I do find it interesting that you want the current owner held responsible for it and also for the prior owners actions at Sourceforge which the current owner stopped over 6 years ago upon gaining ownership of Sourceforge.
- lizardactivist 4y agoYou have clearly never read Slashdot, or you would know that the comments section has always been filled with racism and similar trash talk, much more recently than the 6 years you mention. They also never act on those reported comments, which I know because I reported hateful comments daily. But please explain to us why we should hold the owner company in high regards.
- ChoGGi 4y agoSlashdot has always cared more about freedom of speech then censoring of speech.
- lizardactivist 4y agoBut do you think freedom of speech should mean the ability to use racist and hateful language?
- soupbowl 4y agoStop going to Slashdot, problem solved.
- tssva 4y agoI never said they should be held in high regard. I said it was interesting that you wanted to judge them by both their current actions at one site but by a previous owners actions at another. I also find it interesting that in your final sentence you used plural pronouns as though there were a larger group than just yourself behind your comment.