Post by @RedGlow@mastodon.gamedev.place

@RedGlow@mastodon.gamedev.place

2026-10-15 13:01 UTC

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117444990857312231 What I find most interesting is a phrase like «This is NOT some kind of “social warrior” project, never has been, and never will be.». If you lurk on /r/linux, you can see the general right-wing sentiment growing, complaining about "political" or social issues getting raised. There is a clear, slow direction that the leadership of the project is taking, and, in his words, "the genie is out of the bottle".

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@paulnatsuo@scholar.social 2026-10-15 13:21

@RedGlow@mastodon.gamedev.place @tante@tldr.nettime.org My first guess would be that the Linux Foundation/maintainers/Torvalds already get a decent income from corporate members, such that seeing the fash money being thrown at Omarchy & co. would not really sway them. But maybe that was still relevant as a signal of permission, to keep moving in this direction.

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@porkroll@toots.matapacos.dog 2026-10-15 14:26

@RedGlow@mastodon.gamedev.place Not to argue against anything you've said, but it is worth pointing out that the rightward slant of Reddit comes straight from the top. The administrators of the platform endeavor to nurture an environment which smothers radicalism, and it has driven many anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist communities off the platform through multiple bans, "quarantines," shadow-bans, and complex browser fingerprint based surveillance mechanisms. The reactionary views frequently promoted on Reddit are the product of several years of cultivation.

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