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joby@programming.dev 10 months agoI also miss his presence on the internet, but part of what drove him away was the reaction to him promoting a block list that targeted trans folks
Comment on Just get a bigger fence
joby@programming.dev 10 months agoI also miss his presence on the internet, but part of what drove him away was the reaction to him promoting a block list that targeted trans folks
Stamets@startrek.website 10 months ago
I’m sorry but that entire blog post is utter garbage.
The majority of it is whining that Wil promoted a blocklist on twitter. That blocklist was originally made to block trolls and stuff but it ran out of support. One of the people working on it pushed their own which Wil supported. What Wil didn’t know, and what a lot of people didn’t know, was that the user had introduced personal blocks into that list and used it as their own thing. Wil openly admitted to not knowing this and trying to fix the problem. The article then seems to bash Wil repeatedly for this fact while leaning on “Well he didn’t share the tools enough!” as the sole reason why Wil should be shamed for this mistake. Considering Wil did fuck all other than make an honest mistake, I’m not giving it any credence personally.
“However, the most recent dust-up with Wheaton wasn’t about trans specific issues at all but over his friendship with Chris Hardwick.” Also not a remotely valid complaint as the accusations against Chris Hardwick were made by one woman, was investigated, and found to be demonstrably false. I’m not about to shame Wil for being friends with someone who didn’t do anything wrong. So much so that I’m going to quote Wil Wheaton himself on that debacle because I refuse to put anymore effort into it.
So to recap: Wil Wheaton is “problematic” for making a genuine mistake and for backing up his friend who did nothing wrong.
Yeah. Doesn’t seem that problematic to me.
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 10 months ago
And this right here is why I don’t do Xitter or Tumblr. Getting this worked up over esoteric personal details of D-list podcast hosts is just not worth my time or mental energy. I’m glad there are people like you to keep things straight like you did here, but my god, these keyboard warriors have way too much time on their hands.
Litigating a steanger’s legal troubles isn’t their job. There’s literally a system for that already.
Stamets@startrek.website 10 months ago
Exactly. I don’t want to do this shit but if I see someone lying or actively misrepresenting reality then I’m going to point it out.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 months ago
even before Musk Twitter was a shithole,I thought the cancel culture was just fascist right wingers complaining for not being able to be racist online,then they cancelled one of my favorite youtube creators Lindsay Ellis, she made a video about it it’s fucked up youtu.be/C7aWz8q_IM4?si=eGC5Cx2_UP7bTQh6
SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 10 months ago
This is my biggest problem with the left. You have to agree with all their opinions. Identify with all their beliefs, or you’re a nazi. J.K. Rowling is a good example. Donated millions of dollars to worthy causes. Huge feminist. Staunch leftist. But disagree with one subject regarding .000001% of the population (T people stuff)? Boom. She’s a bigoted, nazi transphobe.
This is a small example of cancel culture, but there’s this bi-annual video game speed running marathon called Games Done Quick (GDQ). They raise a few million dollars every six months for the Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Boarders. When that new Hairy Potter video game dropped, not only did GDQ ban that game from participating in their event, they banned ALL Hairy Potter video games.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 months ago
i was very disappointed to read about his experience on mastadon as well.
wil was one of the reasons i jumped onto reddit very early on, he was around before subreddits even hit. its disappointing he isnt a part of this new nonsense.
Stamets@startrek.website 10 months ago
People fucking suck. I hate humanity sometimes. Well, most times.