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Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by Volundr »

vel0city wrote: post #34
dylan604 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the same kind of polarizing concept as beans in chili.

I mean there's chili and then there's chili with no beans. Two entirely different concepts.

TIL there was any controversy there. To me chili has always implied beans.

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by echoangle »

minimaxir wrote: post #59
echoangle wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So it’s not shadowbanned in the sense that the server sees the domain and automatically flags the post, but users manually flag it?

Now it's shadowbanned, but that wasn't the case when 404media.co first launched. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=404media.co&next=3932...

What does shadowbanned mean to you?

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by rolph »

perihelions wrote: post #35

- "a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox from WordPress.org that required users to pledge that they were not affiliated with WP Engine before logging in" So, in short, he's mad at the court for ordering him to do something, and (while the lawsuit is still running!) is basically mocking the court order, and trolling the judge and plaintiff. This guy has an attorney somewhere, and that atto…

'a judge ordered Mullenweg to remove a controversial login checkbox'

remove means gone, not altered or replaced. i think clarification comes next, offering a chance to demonstrate lack of contempt before being jailed.

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by dylan604 »

Volundr wrote: post #61
vel0city wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean there's chili and then there's chili with no beans. Two entirely different concepts.

TIL there was any controversy there. To me chili has always implied beans.

AKA how to know someone is not from Texas

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by dylan604 »

misnome wrote: post #38
dylan604 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is just childish because the court doesn't give a damn about this. As long as the court's orders were followed, that's all they have domain over.

I wonder if all these outbursts continue to hurt his case, since it’s making it exceptionally clear that it was all a deliberate attempt. That or he’s trying the reliable old, cancelled-by-the-courts censorship grifting treadmill, to try and use it to spin into into politics (for which I suspect the boat has sailed already).

At this point, every time he gets out of bed he is hurting his case

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by minimaxir »

quintin wrote: post #51
minimaxir wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. Although I may not have the exact reason the domain was banned, I've been around long enough to observe that everytime a 404media.co article is posted and gets traction, the comments unanimously complain about the paywall and it gets flagkilled. Vouching is intended as a corrective check on things that shouldn't be automatically killed.

Got it. Miss your Techcrunch trolls btw

me too

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by seanhunter »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #8

For context, this is revenge to a court forcing him by injunction to remove the previous version of the checkbox (which required stating you are not affiliated with, or using, WP Engine). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42382829

...and it's worth noting that trying to take revenge on a court for an unfavourable ruling is one of those things that most rational people would agree is unlikely to end well. We'll see how this one goes.

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by minimaxir »

echoangle wrote: post #62
minimaxir wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now it's shadowbanned, but that wasn't the case when 404media.co first launched. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=404media.co&next=3932...

What does shadowbanned mean to you?

Shadowbanned means "in the sense that the server sees the domain and automatically flags the post," as you said, which is the behavior described in my original comment.

I'm not sure what you are getting at.

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by daft_pink »

First they insisted I like pineapple on pizza, and I did not speak out—because I didn't mind it. Then they insisted I like mushrooms, and I did not speak out—because I was indifferent. Then they insisted I like anchovies, and I did not speak out—because I could tolerate them. Then they insisted I like every topping, and there was no one left to agree with my actual taste.

Re: To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

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Post by Volundr »

noncoml wrote: post #41

Why doesn’t WP Engine just fork the project? Is an account on Wordpress.org the only way for someone to use WP?

The issue isn't using WP. It's maintaining their plugin "Advanced Custom Fields" that automattic had taken over. It's roughly analogous to if the NPM maintainers took over React on NPM. Doesn't stop Facebook from publishing their own version elsewhere but a lot of people will moved over to the new non-facebook version without knowing what's going on.
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