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### calling-bullshit-of-the-week-early
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*originally posted:* jun 2021
http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-020621.html
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TIL: Libera.chat bridges bring trolls Jun 02 22:08:48
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if im so ready to talk about the bsotw that i call it early (not a habit i hope to get into) i should have probably known id start writing a short article about it. usually the bsotw is meant to be a paragraph or maybe two, but here you go.
bsotw is meant for sundays (for consistency) and its friday now. too noteworthy not to consider is the gcc move away from copyright assignment to the fsf-- but thats a hard call to make, and the bsotw generally ought to be straightforward enough. im sure the gcc story will prove very important, but nobody seems certain where its going yet, and i prefer to call bullshit when its more obvious. if you take this to mean i dont think gcc moving further from gnu is bullshit, then you read it wrong. it looks like straight-up coup bullshit to me.
assuming we wont learn much more about that in the next two days (thats why its a bad idea to call the bsotw early, its just asking for trouble-- but ive already called it) this week it is about the ongoing but new "charm offensive" (a popular microsoft tactic) from muckrights regarding irc. its VERY, VERY good. because this is not rons typical level of gaslighting, he is really stepping up his game:
> Instead of fighting one another we encourage people to foster a healthier dialogue and, if possible, also take control of their IRC channels (those can in turn be connected to larger networks using bridges)
its still bullshit-- moreso, if anything. but what makes charm offensives work is they fool people.
the reality is that this will increase the trolling, probably increase the number of people being muted-- im not "against" the new federation of irc networks but i know from first-hand experience what happens with federation; and these arent even concerns of mine alone, theyre concerns from the people promoting this stuff. people will find the link unreliable but rely on it anyway (thats practically unavoidable with federation, because different sides end up censoring differently) and also that MORE trolls will come in.
ron pretends that hes bothered by trolling. if anything, it helps his sense of self-importance. ddos attacks, trolling, criticism-- ron paints it all as "theyre doing it because what we do is so important." for the patent stuff, maybe. though hes ignoring the fact that anybody can be trolled, for any sort of reason. its not like every troll is a paid lackey or giafam fanboy. many trolls troll just for fun. ron does the website for fun, too.
the real bullshit is that he wants to "foster a healthier dialogue". it sounds REALLY GOOD, it even sounds sincere.
this is someone who will troll and smear you for ages, just because he feels slighted, or because he wants to maintain a particular narrative, or to impress or suck up to someone else he wants favour with. its not like ron invented covert narcissism; pretending to care about "healthy" dialogue when really its about serving a particular narrative (not even the one that is being presented openly) is jono bacon territory. bacon was all about "fostering a healthier dialogue" and (as [h]omer from muckrights irc noted more than a decade ago) that was all bullshit, too.
you know whats healthy? being honest with your community. you know whats unhealthy? bullshitting people as a means of control.
what this is REALLY about is that ron doesnt want to lose control and influence. he sees a potential threat that could lead people out of his theatre of influence, and he is working to preserve and expand the footprint of muckrights.
his methods are nothing to sneeze at, i suppose-- its the intentions that make it utter and fantastic bullshit. on a 10,000x scale of this, acta really just wanted to stop counterfeiting. google just wants to stop you being bothered by ads that are irrelevant to you. microsoft just wants to make it easier for you to check email. anybody can do a charm offensive; all you have to do is get better at lying, and be willing to bullshit people with a smile.
as ron is fond of quoting microsofts james allchin: "we need to smile at novell while we pull the trigger". http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/new-microsoft-fallacy/
the new muckrights fallacy is the same as the new microsoft fallacy. dont worry about ron nadella, he takes his mask off several times a month on average. muckrights IS his mask, it usually hides a nasty grin.
charm offensives (aka "hoovering") have nothing to do with resolution, unity or reconcilation. theyre about repeating the cycle of lies and victimising-- and nothing more.
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