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submitted 1 month ago by Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Some of you need to watch this video, and hang your head in shame.

Dylan Taylor has been receiving constant harassment, including threats to his life and safety, for actions done collectively by SystemD. The article by Sam Bent was explictly mentioned as part of the harassment campaign, and rightfully so.

I don't think enough people realize that this is catastrophically bad. It'll discourage people from becoming open source developers, it'll discourage people from using Linux, and it'll discourage legislators from taking the Linux community seriously.

If you ever wished ill upon another human being for complying with a relatively inconsequential law, you are better off never touching a computer again. The Linux community has collectively gone so far beyond what is acceptable here.

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[-] peacefulpixel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

lmfao this entire situation is just the average rational person vs big tech lapdogs

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago
[-] pfr@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Plenty of distros out there that don't use systemd

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[-] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah the fact that this "guy" wouldn't be on video or audio even with the guy interviewing him and only did DMs furthers my suspicion that this dude is straight up a bot or a group of people working for a company.

Seriously, has anyone ever seen or heard this person? He has a blog and stuff where he parrots Google talking points and the like.

Weird doing an interview all by DMs honestly.

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People normally don't want to record video of themselves while actively being lynched. The ones that do are the exception, not the norm. Hell, most people don't even want to do that as part of a job application.

And in the first place, there's no reason to suspect this is a bot. There's nothing abnormal about any of this, with laws mandating age indication and someone suggesting adding an age field alongside the user's full name and email address to the user.json.

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[-] Faux@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I wished worse things for Epstein class members.

I can agree with that this insignificant pawn should be left alone, lobbyists from Meta though....

[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I don't think enough developers realize that the majority of users does not want this. They're acting exactly like the legislators: "we don't give a shit about what the people think".

The legislators won't take the Linux community seriously, because the developers aren't taking the community seriously either.

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[-] ejs@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

i think subset of people online who are vocally upset about his code contributions (and harassing him, committing fraud, and so on) are ignorant to the actual charges in the PRs and only read the headline and assume he’s shoving ID verification down our throats. I primarily blame media outlets and social media accounts trying to capitalize on this outrage over nothing.

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[-] daggermoon@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I never thought the PR was a big deal to begin with. That's sad to hear that he's receiving death threats. Can whoever's doing that chill the fuck out?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

he should have chilled the fuck out over deepthroating boots as soon as he saw them. Fuck around , find out.

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