Appeal to Ruby Community from Kharkiv Rubyist

There are plenty of Russians on Youtube commenting under pleas posted by Ukrainians asking them to help stop the war. And there are plenty of videos taken by people on the ground in Ukraine that show what's going on.

Lots of Russians actually believe that the strikes are precision and only aimed at the military targets. There's a video recorded by a woman in Mykolaiv walking among the rubble and cursing at her Russian relatives for not believing her while her city is literally under shelling.

But due to the way Youtube works, the Russian users are not very likely to come across those videos. Ukrainian Youtube users are trying to interact with them by replying with links to the videos.

If somebody from Youtube is reading this, I understand that you need to curb spammers who post a lot. But if you could somehow help with this effort, it might actually help change the public opinion in Russia. Maybe figure out a way to let the Ukrainians interact with the Russian commenters without getting shadowbanned?

Re: Appeal to Ruby Community from Kharkiv Rubyist

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Post by sergiotapia » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 2:05 AM UTC

The entire western world basically sanctioned the hell out of Russia. Let's see how long that bloodlusted animal lasts.

Re: Appeal to Ruby Community from Kharkiv Rubyist

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Post by AutumnCurtain » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 2:05 AM UTC

cr__ wrote: post #5

VictorPath wrote: post #4

Quoted post unavailable.

Huh?

The user in question spends an awful lot of time arguing that the West/Ukraine/NATO/insert current scapegoat of Russian propaganda is the reason why dear sweet Russia just had no choice but to invade.

Re: Appeal to Ruby Community from Kharkiv Rubyist

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Post by romwell » Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 2:07 AM UTC

Ukrainian Xoogler from Odessa living in the Bay Area checking in.

I stand with Ukraine. We are with you.

Wrote this song a week before the war started: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdU21AoP

Now it's time for me to live by these words. Last week, I went to Poland to help my 68 year old mother in law evacuate from Kyiv and cross over the Atlantic to safety. She saw the airport burn from her window. You can read her story here [1].

Today, I'm renewing my Ukrainian passport.

Hackernews, I know not everyone here will be comfortable sending money for weapons.

But you can donate to direct humanitarian relief efforts here: https://kse.ua/support/donation/

The person that helped organize this left his university position in the US to go back to Kyiv days before the war started. He's there now. The war is not abstract to him.

To help the army with military supplies (first aid kits, bulletproof vests, etc) — but not weapons — donate here: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

And to support Ukrainian Armed Forces directly, go here: https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-sp...

The National Bank has a separate donation drive for humanitarian aid; you can choose here: https://bank.gov.ua/en/

Then there's the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (which, sadly, will be needed more and more in the coming days).

And even if you don't have money to spare, I hope you can find a place for yellow and blue for others to see.

To us, it's hope.

Thank you, and let's stop this war. Together.

[1] https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1010488982510824...