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Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by woodruffw » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:33 PM UTC

tasuki wrote: post #69

woodruffw wrote: post #64

I'll post this every time someone tries to launder Luke Smith through HN: he is a reactionary with a relatively popular YouTube channel in which he openly espouses and trades in racist talking points[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

That's... bad, and also totally orthogonal to the linked blog post? Should we not be using RSS to replace social media because the person saying so might be a racist? Should racists be silenced when talking about other things?

> That's... bad, and also totally orthogonal to the linked blog post?

The linked blog post is the kind of informational pablum that anybody with a handful of years of programming or IT experience could write.

That's what Luke Smith specializes in: milquetoast technological advice wrapped in a veneer of alt-right language designed to titillate his audience. I see no reason why we should give him center stage in our attentions when plenty of other, better, and more qualified people can talk cogently about the same topics.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by jsilence » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:34 PM UTC

stiltzkin wrote: post #68

> RSS-bridge is the ultimate RSS feed helper and will not just give you RSS feeds for Facebook pages, but basically anything else. This has been my opposite experience, all RSS bridges i have tried gets error with Facebook pages.

I share this experience. Frustrating. But made me give up on FB completely. For good.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by woodruffw » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:35 PM UTC

jsilence wrote: post #70

woodruffw wrote: post #64

I'll post this every time someone tries to launder Luke Smith through HN: he is a reactionary with a relatively popular YouTube channel in which he openly espouses and trades in racist talking points[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

Yeah we know. Does not keep me from cloning his st config. But yes, I liked watching his stuff much more when he was going thru his Linux/Dektop setup or advocating useful but little known command line tools. Not unlike Scott Adams. I find Dilbert funny. Am I supposed not to laugh because his political views do not align with mine (at all)?

You can do whatever you please!

Not everybody knows, because he's a relative nobody who occasionally gets laundered through HN. My only role in this entire thing is making sure that the bits that I know are available for consideration.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by jsilence » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #71

tasuki wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's... bad, and also totally orthogonal to the linked blog post? Should we not be using RSS to replace social media because the person saying so might be a racist? Should racists be silenced when talking about other things?

> That's... bad, and also totally orthogonal to the linked blog post? The linked blog post is the kind of informational pablum that anybody with a handful of years of programming or IT experience could write. That's what Luke Smith specializes in: milquetoast technological advice wrapped in a veneer of alt-right language designed to titillate his audience. I see no reason why we should give him center stage in our at…

> when plenty of other, better, and more qualified people can talk cogently about the same topics

You mean Brodie?

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

jetstreamSam wrote: post #29

kkoncevicius wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have some examples of his alt-right political opinions? I've watched a few videos of his that were recommended and don't remember anything there.

If I remember correctly he's very critical of modern society and the modern human living conditions. Very disillusioned from big cities and academic institutions. Example; "modern man is a slave to his impulses and calls it freedom. Previous societies forbid giving into these impulses and thus were more free." ~see his blog To me it seems quite conservative and always well explained but never outright alt-right.

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Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by woodruffw » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

jsilence wrote: post #74

woodruffw wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's... bad, and also totally orthogonal to the linked blog post? The linked blog post is the kind of informational pablum that anybody with a handful of years of programming or IT experience could write. That's what Luke Smith specializes in: milquetoast technological advice wrapped in a veneer of alt-right language designed to titillate his audience. I see no reason why we should give him center stage in our at…

> when plenty of other, better, and more qualified people can talk cogently about the same topics You mean Brodie?

I don’t know who that is.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by olah_1 » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:41 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #64

I'll post this every time someone tries to launder Luke Smith through HN: he is a reactionary with a relatively popular YouTube channel in which he openly espouses and trades in racist talking points[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

Thank you for reporting this, comrade.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by jsilence » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:42 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #73

jsilence wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah we know. Does not keep me from cloning his st config. But yes, I liked watching his stuff much more when he was going thru his Linux/Dektop setup or advocating useful but little known command line tools. Not unlike Scott Adams. I find Dilbert funny. Am I supposed not to laugh because his political views do not align with mine (at all)?

You can do whatever you please! Not everybody knows, because he's a relative nobody who occasionally gets laundered through HN. My only role in this entire thing is making sure that the bits that I know are available for consideration.

He does not seem to be a complete mindless dummy. Ever tried to contact and argue with him? I'd honestly watch that.

Same thing with Jordan Peterson. I must not agree with his stand points and positions, but his arguments are compelling at times and it is fun watching and following his stuff. I can only broaden my view if don't look into the same direction all the time.

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by woodruffw » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:43 PM UTC

olah_1 wrote: post #77

woodruffw wrote: post #64

I'll post this every time someone tries to launder Luke Smith through HN: he is a reactionary with a relatively popular YouTube channel in which he openly espouses and trades in racist talking points[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

Thank you for reporting this, comrade.

Accusing your critics of being communists is a famously strong argument against being a reactionary, as all of modern history has shown!

Re: Using RSS to replace social media

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Post by jsilence » Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 3:43 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #76

jsilence wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> when plenty of other, better, and more qualified people can talk cogently about the same topics You mean Brodie?

I don’t know who that is.

Brodie Robertson is one of the Linux Protonerds on YT worth watching.