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bubblematrix··on Theater of Shame – The rise of online humiliation
I have almost zero knowledge of politics, but I now see where your what-aboutism reply came and continue from.
bubblematrix··on Theater of Shame – The rise of online humiliation
That's a good point, how the DNC can behave just like a nation state threat actor.

For those interested in how Share Blue spun up some of it's troll farming, here is a great write-up:

https://shareblueastroturf.netlify.app/

bubblematrix··on Theater of Shame – The rise of online humiliation
I'm not interested in what-aboutism, I'm simply outlining the $100+ million dollars invested by DNC Super PAC's into weaponized shaming/trolling.
bubblematrix··on Theater of Shame – The rise of online humiliation
Super PAC's such as Share Blue (now known as The American Independent) weaponized online shaming through troll farms. David Brock of Share Blue had a confidential memo leaked that outlined how weak Democratic support was in online comment sections, hence - they used troll farms to counter negative comments towards them. It annoyed Share Blue how Conservative comments were mostly grass-root.

A similar Super PAC for online comment trolling was known as CTR (Correct the Record) - backed by Hillary Clinton. So if you posted a negative comment about her online back before the election, you would often see these blank troll accounts leave you a friendly little reply.

It's hard to talk about this in tech because we, as a blob, enable it. It helps our companies growth and bottom line.

Dark truth.

bubblematrix··on The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it back (2017)
Except the British didn't genocide during the partition of India - the internal clash of Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims going to war was it's own doing... You're framing it like British soldiers went in there and massacred India during that time. Wrong.
bubblematrix··on Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work?
There are no good platforms for contract work.

There are two routes: 1) Get in touch with local hiring agencies, there are tons of contract positions 2) Become a studio yourself and take on clients (much harder than #1)

Good luck.

bubblematrix··on Twilio cutting 11% – Letter from CEO [pdf]
It means race was a factor in who was laid off versus who wasn't.

Anti-racist terms are inherently racist, given these outcomes are decided based upon a persons race.

bubblematrix··on Let’s make WordPress officially support SQLite
If it didn't do anything well, 60% of CMS wouldn't run Wordpress.

It doesn't do what happens in your world well.

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