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I completely agree with all of this. By all means - don't engage, don't take the bait: great.
But when I see the gleeful campaigns about chasing them out, I can't help but think it's counterproductive to the broader goal of liberating our information space from the dominance of billionaire techbros
But when I see the gleeful campaigns about chasing them out, I can't help but think it's counterproductive to the broader goal of liberating our information space from the dominance of billionaire techbros
They're welcome to be here, none of us are required to listen. If that frustrates them so much that they leave, that's their choice.
If they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, that's not my problem at all. We don't need to artificially boost alt views just for viewpoint diversity.
If they can't compete in the marketplace of ideas, that's not my problem at all. We don't need to artificially boost alt views just for viewpoint diversity.
This site would actually be better if it had more voices from across the political spectrum, and efforts to push out right wing accounts are only entrenching Twitter/X's dominant position in the political discourse.
"Have you tried just telling everyone that you won? I did that for four years and it became true"
Man with oakleys and a baseball cap in a pickup truck driving past the No King's protest screaming I LOVE THE KING! We all just kind of stood there laughing. Where's your self-respect, American?
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Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
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2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.