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Don't ask what that checkbox means. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41788704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41788704
by chx 2y ago
Don't ask what that checkbox means. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41788704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41788704
- diggan 2y agoI mentioned it in another comment but worth repeating, I have no bones in this fight, so I don't really care either way and I disagree with the approach Matt is taking regardless. But, the person you linked to don't seem to be discussing the whole thing in good faith, as exemplified with this comment: > "ANY way means that if I visit the WPE website I cannot click that checkbox. That's not a speculation" I'm pretty sure that no legal interpretation of that checkbox label would reach the same conclusion (but, I'm not a lawyer, and yadda yadda), and it is quite literally speculation unless that person actually investigated if it's true, which don't seem to have done. So again, not disagreeing or agreeing with anything here, but there is a lot of baseless arguing back-and-forth between everyone, and people (including Matt) seem to more willing to stir the pot some more, rather than finding something that moves to solve the situation.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoI'm pretty sure, given Matt's history of acting erratically and in a way that harms innocent people, that the questions asked were in good faith. If no legal interpretation of that checkbox would reach that same conclusion, Matt would have just said that, rather than banning the questioner and leaving the question unanswered except for 'contact a lawyer'. The best way to "solve" the situation would be Matt acknowledging he was in the wrong to harm innocent people, and simply remove the unnecessary checkbox. The only reason it exists is his personal crusade against WPEngine and anyone and anything associated with it "in any way".