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gorhill should be given a Nobel Prize and a knighthood for contributions to humanity.
by shiroiuma 3y ago
gorhill should be given a Nobel Prize and a knighthood for contributions to humanity.
- radicalriddler 3y agoHow many Kilowatts has this man saved by computers not having to load trackers and render ad banners!?
- UberFly 3y agoNo kidding. How do we thank this person? Compensate the effort?
- chii 3y agohe has explicitly denied the option for donations, which is excellent moral standing from my POV. However, it does beg the question - how can the community reward people who want to do this sort of work?
- shiroiuma 3y agoPerhaps a gigantic status of him standing over a harbor? Or a national holiday? We should also not forget to give accolades to the heroic people who tirelessly maintain the filter lists.
- MandieD 3y agoAccolades and money - Mr. Gorhill asks us to consider donating to the filter list maintainers instead if we want to give money to uBO.
- specialist 3y agoYes and: apparently the moderators on reddit's r/ublock have been having rough time. At least one has quit and deleted their account because of abusive users. No good deed goes unpunished.
- shiroiuma 3y agoIs r/ublock even needed? What is it for? In general, I view Reddit as a complete cesspool; I'm not really sure what any sub there really needs to exist. Most OSS projects get along just fine without it (in fact, I've never heard of one that used it). I mean, it sucks that abusive users are out there, but it is Reddit after all. For communications with users, I think the old-style method of having Bugzilla and requiring an account to file bugs is probably the best.
- ranting-moth 3y agoI can't imagine browsing the internet without uBlock installed. I honestly don't think I could.