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I can't quite put my finger on it but this rush to astroturf Omarchy just has bad vibes all around. DHH has been on a politician-level campaign to fund/promote
by rglover 1mo ago
I can't quite put my finger on it but this rush to astroturf Omarchy just has bad vibes all around. DHH has been on a politician-level campaign to fund/promote what seems like a fun nerd project. Call me paranoid but it all just comes across as dubious.
- athorax 1mo agoAt a minimum its DHH trying to launder his reputation
- mcv 1mo agoIt doesn't seem to be working. I've never seen this many people spread the word about what he really thinks.
- acdha 1mo agoIt’s definitely noticeable and he has ties to politically-aligned tech billionaires - for example, when about a third of Basecamp employees resigned, Marc Andressen kept them solvent: https://x.com/davidsenra/status/2081956616963006913 https://x.com/davidsenra/status/2081956616963006913 https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22412714/basecamp-employees-memo-policy-hansson-fried-controversy https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22412714/basecamp-employe...
- dotmariusz 1mo agoit feels super weird, suddenly everyone on x uses omarchy and talks about how it "revolutionized personal computing". guess 37signals started losing money after dhh's white nationalist tirades.