Derek Powazek 🐐Nov 30, 2023
This is how librarians say "fuck you, you racist piece of shit."
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/
Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs

We at Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using the project management platform, Basecamp, to which we have subscribed for almost a decade. We came to this decision after weighing the level of its use in our organization, which is considerable, against the harms that we see perpetuated by the leadership of Basecamp’s parent … Continue reading Why We’re Dropping Basecamp →

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Show threadDerek Powazek 🐐Nov 30, 2023
I am not a librarian, so I can just say, hey fuck you, David Heinemeier Hansson! You're a piece of shit!
Show threadDerek Powazek 🐐Nov 30, 2023
JUST ONCE I'd like one of the old internet companies to turn out to be run by a decent human being. JUST FUCKING ONCE.
Show threadNoah Gibbs

@fraying Part of the problem is that massive success tends to corrupt over time.

Even the really awful ones seem like maybe they were better for awhile. Forget who I'm quoting with "rich people are like regular people but with less filters." But less filters, over time, tends to turn you into a sort of self-caricature. People aren't really built to be able to ignore their social filters, long-term.

Dec 1, 2023 at 12:56pmWeb