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Cloudflare PR seems to have handled this badly (judging by the fast shift in HN tone). DNS censorship is wildly unpopular. This should have been one of the easi
by perihelions 9mo ago
Cloudflare PR seems to have handled this badly (judging by the fast shift in HN tone). DNS censorship is wildly unpopular. This should have been one of the easier PR jobs in the tech world: they were handed free positive publicity on a silver platter.
Heck, HN expressly called on Cloudflare to take up this exact fight[0]; and now that they have, they've still, somehow, managed to turn most of HN against them.
How is that even possible?
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43448112 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43448112 ("Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law (arstechnica.com)"; 9 months ago, 175 comments)
Top-rated comment: "It's one of the rare cases where the sheer size and international influence of companies like Google and Cloudflare can actually do some good for the world by fighting back against such laws."
- yellow_lead 9mo agoAs we saw with the Kiwi Farms incident, Cloudflare, and especially their CEO, are not very savvy when it comes to PR. The twitter rant complete with some weird AI generated image doesn't help. https://xcancel.com/eastdakota/status/2009654937303896492 https://xcancel.com/eastdakota/status/2009654937303896492
- Aurornis 9mo agoKnee-jerk reactions on HN tend toward supporting anything that hurts Big Tech companies. The early reactions on stories like this are about picking a side, not evaluating the issue. It takes some time for the people who read the articles to weigh in. The comments usually settle out later.
- raincole 9mo ago> managed to turn most of HN against them. Most of HN is against Cloudflare by default. They didn't 'turn' anything in this specific event.