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> Now he attacks critics with the Russian troll meme You should really provide more grounds for stating that.

• google_boy 2y ago
  One second to find using Google: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirm... Quote in the middle of the article.
  • mdp2021 2y ago
    No, you misunderstood the statement. That article on the Register I had abundantly read when it came out. The poster should show that that one sentence from Torvalds could be dismissed - we do not know exactly what interventions he called "trolls". Maybe they were, maybe they were not.
    • protomolecule 2y ago
      You can read the part of the lkml thread preceding Linus' message.
      • mdp2021 2y ago
        You mean, all the exchanges before https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whNGNVnYHHSXUAsWds_MoZ-iEgRMQMxZZ0z-jY4uHT+Gg@mail.gmail.com/ https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whNGNVnYHHSXUAsWds_MoZ-iEg... I will still prefer to suspend judgement as it is not immediate what was in Linus' mind when he accused some of being trolls (on suspicion of being organized trolls). He is there and knows names and past - we the outsiders should get properly acquainted with all of that. Surely, this outcome feels like better-if-avoided collateral damage.