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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

  • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    HN shocked and appalled that a “founder” cannot make billions running a largely unmoderated social network without facing a few consequences:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41341353

    edit @dgerard already posted this on the top level, I just got triggered by one of the many dupe submissions on HN

    highlights include

    • standard Signal-bashing
    • comparison with other heroes like Kim Dotcom (lol) and Snowden
    • outrage that the arrest order was issued while Durov was in the air, so he couldn’t evade justice (this is unconfirmed)
    • outrage that being a citizen of a country allows that country to enforce its laws against someone

    Durov is rich and accused in a country governed by the rule of law (in contrast to the other country which has issued him a passport, the UAE). He can afford the very best lawyers and will have to be content with staying in Paris while this works out, boo-hoo.

    • sc_griffith@awful.systemsEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      but if he’s just being held accountable for running a service where others did nefarious things, then this should be a chilling effect for all founders.

      ok. chill them

    • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      outrage that the arrest order was issued while Durov was in the air, so he couldn’t evade justice (this is unconfirmed)

      Clearly arrest warrants should be made like hide-and-seek where the seeker has to count to 100 days before arresting the hider and publish “ready or not here I come!” to their social media account.