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Mozilla the organization has done stuff like boot people for politics, published an essay that says "we need more than deplatforming" using as one of their exam
by soundnote 3y ago
Mozilla the organization has done stuff like boot people for politics, published an essay that says "we need more than deplatforming" using as one of their examples organizations deciding what I should see on the Internet - preferring outlets that Mozilla themselves like, naturally.
They publish stuff with the gist of "did you encounter other politics on YouTube, how scary".
This one's more just a lack of product focus + pursuit of coolness, but the organization spends money on getting a sneaker designer to make time-limited color themes for their browser and writes a pile of copy about how cool it is that a sneaker designer painted the browser blue - sorry, I can paint the browser blue to show that I'm an activist.
https://imgur.com/a/ZmUzr0q https://imgur.com/a/ZmUzr0q
> What does being "woke" or "based" mean when it comes to concrete issues you have using their products?
It doesn't necessarily have to reflect deeply on the product, just that the org itself feels the need to make its politics clear. Sometimes, it does show, like Mozilla being pro others shaping what I see in ways agreeable to them, which was the straw that broke the camel's back for me dropping them.