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HN is pretty divided about Stallman. Bringing up the things he actually at one time said, even if later he said something different, results in a lot of downvot
by alex_lav 3y ago
HN is pretty divided about Stallman. Bringing up the things he actually at one time said, even if later he said something different, results in a lot of downvoting and toxicity. You can't talk about him without it devolving into binary thinking and binary debates. Same as everything else in 2023 I guess.
edit Even this comment, which is just listing a series of objective facts, is getting wildly upvoted/downvoted
- busterarm 3y ago[flagged]
- kayodelycaon 3y agoHN was deeply divided on RMS when I joined back in 2009. Every thread on him was full of this. :/
- pessimizer 3y agoHe convinces many people that some business models are unethical. People who benefit from those business models feel like he's taking money out of their pockets.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThis is pretty disingenuous. Outside of open source, almost no one knows who RMS is. For many, his behavior and opinions on social matters have long since dug him into a hole his lack of social skills can't dig him out of. It's all anyone talks about. I haven't heard anything about his opinions on open source for a very long time.