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It is sad to see more tech stuff get political. I make this assumption because there are plenty of services that can post to multiple social media accounts, an

It is sad to see more tech stuff get political. I make this assumption because there are plenty of services that can post to multiple social media accounts, and even cross-posting really wouldn't take that much effort- maybe an additional minute per post if you have to log in each time. They're purposely limiting their reach, and I see no reasoning listed so I assume not everyone there is proud of their "why".

timeon 3y ago
I do not have account at Twitter. Sometimes Twitter shows me content sometimes it does not. Anyone who is posting just on Twitter is limiting reach. Twitter is closed internet. W3C posting to open platform is not limiting reach.
irdc 3y ago
What politics and why do you think this move is related to it? It could very well be due to cost related to the third party client ban.
riffic 3y ago
nah this is good not sad.
eganist 3y ago
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- mcguire 3y ago
  Possibly unrelated, but I've had a good dozen holocaust deniers show up in my feed today. And the report options no longer include a specific option for that.
- throw310822 3y ago
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- passion__desire 3y ago
  He also visited Israel in support and met with the prime minister. Why would he do that?
  - suprfsat 3y ago
    Well, he grew up in an apartheid state.
    - passion__desire 3y ago
      Growing is not much of a choice at young age.
mvdtnz 3y ago
There was no political statement at all in the linked post. This is just an announcement that they're not posting on twitter any longer.
Configure0251 3y ago
Is one private enterprise choosing not to do business with another private enterprise really "political"? Or are you trying to say something else?
threeseed 3y ago
Many of those services stopped working when X changed their API key policy. And they should feel no obligation to support a private, closed source company.
ninth_ant 3y ago
Deliberate inaction -- not paying attention to "politics" -- is a political stand in itself by declaring you accept the status quo.
- andrew_ 3y ago
  Same vibes as claiming silence is violence
zelon88 3y ago
Limiting their reach to who? You either already know who W3C is and you care, or you don't know, don't need to know, and don't care. And most people smart enough to know what the W3C is are also smart enough to know that antisemitism isn't political.
jmull 3y ago
It seems to me that it was Twitter that got political. That leaves everyone using it with no non-political options -- there are political implications whether you stay or go. Leaving it now (when a bunch of others are going too and the front man has recently been dropping bombs) is probably the less political option -- especially in the long term if you think the site is going to get more radical. Bonus points for moving to a federated alternative, since you can move away from big tech (which is more of a principled stand and/or tactical move than a political statement, IMO.)
- gafage 3y ago
  It always was political. Only that the politics of Twitter changed and now they do not like them.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    Fair. You can call it "it's gotten more politically controversial" and the sentiment remains.
- nwienert 3y ago
  Twitter was the canonical radical/activist political tech co before the new owner, featuring all sorts of suppression and biasing. It’s not any more or less now, probably less overall since it seems to be avoiding more suppression, it’s just that one side is generally upset and the other generally happy that it changed teams. This announcement does tell us w3c is a politically motivated org that disagrees with the new regime.
  - callalex 3y ago
    Antisemitism has a team? Which team is that?
  - drcongo 3y ago
    I keep seeing these claims on HN despite the fact that it's been widely reported that Twitter has complied with more government take down requests since Musk took over than it ever did before.
callalex 3y ago
Do you feel the same way about them not posting on 4chan?
- scottyah 3y ago
  Were they posting to 4chan previously?
sunday_serif 3y ago
Everything is political. Anything you do will be considered political to someone somewhere :shrug: Being on the platform is considered political to some and leaving the platform is considered political to others. All things considered, I think they did fine by not making a big fuss about it. They don't seem to be looking for pats on the back.
jjulius 3y ago
>It is sad to see more tech stuff get political. Please quote the part of W3C's announcement that discusses their political views with regards to Twitter.

timeon 3y ago

I do not have account at Twitter. Sometimes Twitter shows me content sometimes it does not. Anyone who is posting just on Twitter is limiting reach. Twitter is closed internet. W3C posting to open platform is not limiting reach.

irdc 3y ago

What politics and why do you think this move is related to it? It could very well be due to cost related to the third party client ban.

riffic 3y ago

nah this is good not sad.

eganist 3y ago

[flagged]

mcguire 3y ago
Possibly unrelated, but I've had a good dozen holocaust deniers show up in my feed today. And the report options no longer include a specific option for that.
throw310822 3y ago
[flagged]
passion__desire 3y ago
He also visited Israel in support and met with the prime minister. Why would he do that?
- suprfsat 3y ago
  Well, he grew up in an apartheid state.
  - passion__desire 3y ago
    Growing is not much of a choice at young age.

mvdtnz 3y ago

There was no political statement at all in the linked post. This is just an announcement that they're not posting on twitter any longer.

Configure0251 3y ago

Is one private enterprise choosing not to do business with another private enterprise really "political"? Or are you trying to say something else?

threeseed 3y ago

Many of those services stopped working when X changed their API key policy. And they should feel no obligation to support a private, closed source company.

ninth_ant 3y ago

Deliberate inaction -- not paying attention to "politics" -- is a political stand in itself by declaring you accept the status quo.

andrew_ 3y ago
Same vibes as claiming silence is violence

zelon88 3y ago

Limiting their reach to who? You either already know who W3C is and you care, or you don't know, don't need to know, and don't care. And most people smart enough to know what the W3C is are also smart enough to know that antisemitism isn't political.

jmull 3y ago

It seems to me that it was Twitter that got political. That leaves everyone using it with no non-political options -- there are political implications whether you stay or go. Leaving it now (when a bunch of others are going too and the front man has recently been dropping bombs) is probably the less political option -- especially in the long term if you think the site is going to get more radical. Bonus points for moving to a federated alternative, since you can move away from big tech (which is more of a principled stand and/or tactical move than a political statement, IMO.)

gafage 3y ago
It always was political. Only that the politics of Twitter changed and now they do not like them.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  Fair. You can call it "it's gotten more politically controversial" and the sentiment remains.
nwienert 3y ago
Twitter was the canonical radical/activist political tech co before the new owner, featuring all sorts of suppression and biasing. It’s not any more or less now, probably less overall since it seems to be avoiding more suppression, it’s just that one side is generally upset and the other generally happy that it changed teams. This announcement does tell us w3c is a politically motivated org that disagrees with the new regime.
- callalex 3y ago
  Antisemitism has a team? Which team is that?
- drcongo 3y ago
  I keep seeing these claims on HN despite the fact that it's been widely reported that Twitter has complied with more government take down requests since Musk took over than it ever did before.

callalex 3y ago

Do you feel the same way about them not posting on 4chan?

scottyah 3y ago
Were they posting to 4chan previously?

sunday_serif 3y ago

Everything is political. Anything you do will be considered political to someone somewhere :shrug: Being on the platform is considered political to some and leaving the platform is considered political to others. All things considered, I think they did fine by not making a big fuss about it. They don't seem to be looking for pats on the back.

jjulius 3y ago

>It is sad to see more tech stuff get political. Please quote the part of W3C's announcement that discusses their political views with regards to Twitter.