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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Who decides what is good technology and what is bad technology? Do you?

Should news about the Brave Browser be disallowed even if it doesn't feature Brave's cryptocurrency?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Brave has created a network of obnoxious trolls, homophobes that hate “mozilla politics” and Bravecoin shills that include YouTube promoters of it, and so there is plenty bad, and nothing good that comes out of it.

They help facilitate this, bring nothing better than other browsers to the table, so what is your particular obsession with Brave? Every single piece of tech is not worth talking about, and moderation is needed to trim the fat. Find some Brave community to shower the love. Discussions about Brave are not intellectually stimulating or bring anything fruitful to the table.

Also, the community generally seems to be okay with trimming away Brave in tech space. YouTubers and cryptobros shill it. Lowers quality of community posts and is a waste of time. Your argument will even allow for Raid Shadow of Legends to be discussed as "technology".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My issue is that Brave Browser is the only non-cryptocurrency subject you explicitly disallow. Remember, the browser, not the coin. There's nothing about 4chan or Raid Shadow Legends in your list of prohibited topics. Your bias is clearly on display here.

To reiterate my question you dodged, how will you decide what is "good" and "bad" technology? As a community moderator, you should be impartial.