> very vocal about Github on X
replyI really wish an open-source developer of his caliber would also migrate to a serious microblogging service which isn't so openly hostile to truth and civility. Ending the sticky network effect of an evil service starts with its biggest, most prolific users migrating away.
I find the alternatives more likely to ban/censor than X. Bluesky is definitely not civil to those with the "wrong" opinions, despite what proponents of the service say.
replyI see your point, but the last few (services) that tried seemed to have become even worse?
replyIt's not about the technology, it's about the people. The initial people on your network matter. The moderators matter too. That's just a very different job than writing and shipping code.
replyIt's all about who you follow. My feed is mostly AI people, entrepreneurs and nerds. Some political stuff gets through, but otherwise, I'm glad to be back on X in the last few months (I left a few years ago in disgust over the insane politics because even nerds were only talking politics).
replyNo, that’s just solving for you. The person you are responding to is asking for an ethical stand; just because you can ignore it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
replyThis is the same bullshit that people bring up with Facebook, there’s no reason we can’t apply the same rubric to Twitter.
Sorry, I don't follow. Are you saying that he should leave a social network website because some of its users are bad? Or that the people that run the website are bad?
replyAnd also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that?
Lots of the users are bad, but the owner specifically tweaks and changes the algorithm to suit his own agenda and push his stance. That's what makes it an unserious platform.
reply> And also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that?
Mastodon, by definition. Any hostile instance can be left for a better one.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
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