On what platform will the further notice be given?
Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
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Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#12Top tweet reply Twitter fed me was on point - Replying to @rustlang "The world is bigger than just the USA." There are a lot of problems in the world, Syria pops into mind or a billion people who can't fully feed their kids. But they are not a viral Twitter sensation. Gotta be 'cool'
I'm not sure what the problem is. No one can be can make a statement about any bad thing unless they make statements about about all bad things equally?
Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#13> In acknowledgement that taking a stand against police brutality is more important than sharing tech knowledge, this account will pause tweeting until further notice. Feel free to email the core team at: core@rust-lang.org. -- @rustlang
So they've stopped using twitter for a week or two, but are still running an email list. That's nice to signal they're in solidarity I guess? I mean, what is the downside for them here? A for short time some casual Rust enthusiasts won't see news?
Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#14On what platform will the further notice be given?
Assuming you're still looking at Twitter for reasons other than @rustlang, the notice will be on Twitter when the tweets start again.
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#15Not seeing anything similar on /r/rust, or the official forum. This twitter account barely tweets at all, it's like they want to send a message, but don't want to actually inconvenience anybody.
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#17A judgement-free aside:
The information age intrinsically makes it harder for this kind of statements.
On almost all topics we are bounded to be ignorant of some important facets, and the sheer size of the internet means that many other will be ignorant/knowledgeable on different facet of any topic.
In a sense this means that most endorsements of public topics by an organization/individual will incur in a certain level of "what about these negative sides of that thing"; this happens especially if there was not a previous synchronizing pressure for that topic.
Once upon a time it was a lot easier for social clusters to be similarly ignorant/knowledgeable on any given topic.
As often happens with progress we lose something and we gain something.
Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#18Not seeing anything similar on /r/rust, or the official forum. This twitter account barely tweets at all, it's like they want to send a message, but don't want to actually inconvenience anybody.
I agree - it's the definition of pandering: it serves no higher purpose than to gratify some group of people, without serving any deeper meaning.
I would like to know in what way this will actually influence change. Don't get me wrong, sincere displays of solidarity matter, but this isn't one. It's an effortless token gesture.
Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#19Not seeing anything similar on /r/rust, or the official forum. This twitter account barely tweets at all, it's like they want to send a message, but don't want to actually inconvenience anybody.
Virtual signalling is the highest form of pandering.
Re: Rustlang: “This account will pause tweeting until further notice”
#20I'm not even following the rationale. They're angry at Twitter? For what, exactly?