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@dang: I do not know why this is flagged, but I think it's a significant development and it shouldn't be. Even LWN is covering it. https://lwn.net/Articles/10

@dang: I do not know why this is flagged, but I think it's a significant development and it shouldn't be. Even LWN is covering it. https://lwn.net/Articles/1006328/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006328/

LorenDB 2y ago
Anybody here have connections at Meta? Seems like this should be fixed.
- lproven 2y ago
  I have written to their PR department. TBH I am not expecting a useful answer.
  - ahoka 2y ago
    Good luck connecting to a human at Meta. Even the CEO is a cyborg.
    - lproven 2y ago
      :-) But also :-( Lord Astor was right.
dang 2y ago
I've turned the flags off now. It's not a very good thread, though—mostly jokes and generic reactions, which is what happens when an article contains little information, but the information it does contain is provocative. (Edit: the comments got somewhat better through the afternoon.) These little scandals nearly always turn out to be glitchy emphemera in the Black Box of $BigCo, rather than a policy or plan. I imagine that's the case here too. Why would Facebook ban discussion of the operating system it runs on, after 20+ years? (Btw: @dang doesn't work - if you want reliable message delivery you need to email hn@ycombinator.com)
- lproven 2y ago
  Thank you very much! TBH I didn't think the @ thing would work - I was just hoping you'd notice. I have been meaning to email you, though.
- VanTheBrand 2y ago
  Ultimately, @dang seems to have worked just fine, so well that it worked even without working.
- americasonly 2y ago
  [flagged]
  - dang 2y ago
    I get quite a few of those
- oefrha 2y ago
  I flagged it when it first showed up because “Facebook ban on discussing Linux” is obviously bullshit, it took me half a minute to confirm The Linux Foundation was posting about Linux as recently as an hour ago. I can believe DistroWatch the website got blocked by Facebook for whatever reason and I can sympathize, but exaggerating it to something obviously false doesn’t do them any favors. I think the title needs to be changed if it’s allowed to stay up.
  - amatecha 2y ago
    It's not just distrowatch that is blocked, so it's not "obviously bullshit": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42840143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42840143
    - oefrha 2y ago
      That’s still not remotely a “ban on discussing Linux”. “Some Linux-related links or discussions are blocked on Facebook” may be a reasonable title. Also, according to a recent comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42847474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42847474 it’s not at all clear if these blocks are related.

@dang: I do not know why this is flagged, but I think it's a significant development and it shouldn't be. Even LWN is covering it. https://lwn.net/Articles/1006328/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1006328/

LorenDB 2y ago

Anybody here have connections at Meta? Seems like this should be fixed.

lproven 2y ago
I have written to their PR department. TBH I am not expecting a useful answer.
- ahoka 2y ago
  Good luck connecting to a human at Meta. Even the CEO is a cyborg.
  - lproven 2y ago
    :-) But also :-( Lord Astor was right.

dang 2y ago

I've turned the flags off now. It's not a very good thread, though—mostly jokes and generic reactions, which is what happens when an article contains little information, but the information it does contain is provocative. (Edit: the comments got somewhat better through the afternoon.) These little scandals nearly always turn out to be glitchy emphemera in the Black Box of $BigCo, rather than a policy or plan. I imagine that's the case here too. Why would Facebook ban discussion of the operating system it runs on, after 20+ years? (Btw: @dang doesn't work - if you want reliable message delivery you need to email hn@ycombinator.com)

lproven 2y ago
Thank you very much! TBH I didn't think the @ thing would work - I was just hoping you'd notice. I have been meaning to email you, though.
VanTheBrand 2y ago
Ultimately, @dang seems to have worked just fine, so well that it worked even without working.
americasonly 2y ago
[flagged]
- dang 2y ago
  I get quite a few of those
oefrha 2y ago
I flagged it when it first showed up because “Facebook ban on discussing Linux” is obviously bullshit, it took me half a minute to confirm The Linux Foundation was posting about Linux as recently as an hour ago. I can believe DistroWatch the website got blocked by Facebook for whatever reason and I can sympathize, but exaggerating it to something obviously false doesn’t do them any favors. I think the title needs to be changed if it’s allowed to stay up.
- amatecha 2y ago
  It's not just distrowatch that is blocked, so it's not "obviously bullshit": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42840143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42840143
  - oefrha 2y ago
    That’s still not remotely a “ban on discussing Linux”. “Some Linux-related links or discussions are blocked on Facebook” may be a reasonable title. Also, according to a recent comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42847474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42847474 it’s not at all clear if these blocks are related.