BoingBoing move to substack

Hmm?

None of that seems to be happening at this here bbs.

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Sorry, I meant TOP.

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Ah thanks okay, phew. BB, not BBS.

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An inspiring piece from Jeff Atwood (AKA codinghorror). I know some here have mixed feelings about him re: slowness in adding new safety features at TOP, but Discourse is (obviously) an awesome platform and I believe that Mark and Jason did him (and the Discourse team) dirty with the sudden switch to Substack. From this article he seems to be a thoughtful and stand-up guy.

Also, I took a peek the other day at activity on the Substack site (I follow BB posts via RSS so rarely make a direct visit). Most FPPs struggle to get into double digit comments, if they get any comments at all. Rob is the only author who evinces a desire for community engagement, but heā€™s basically shouting into a ghost town (having created one with the old BBS, theyā€™ve ended up with two).

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I donā€™t know whether to stitch crying in rain or
computer seriously 3x
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Donā€™t get me wrong-- I appreciate the acknowledgement, but the siteā€™s gone. Basically the only reason I saw this at all is because I misclicked on the still-open tab (I know, I know, but I havenā€™t had the heart to close it out yet.)

Iā€™m very grateful we have our space here, where we can continue to enjoy our community.

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My problem with Jeff was never just his foot draggingā€¦ it was myopic political views on women. He was a bit retrograde. Here, heā€™s again centering himself and HIS experiences as the ā€œrealā€ Americaā€¦ as if the struggles of the rest of us arenā€™t real or donā€™t matter. :woman_shrugging: YMMV, of course!

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Congratulations! :tada::smiley::blush::thinking::face_with_raised_eyebrow::confused::face_with_diagonal_mouth::persevere::woman_shrugging:t5:

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ā€œMy family and I gave $8 million toā€¦ā€

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Itā€™s nice that they can do that, and itā€™s nice that heā€™s getting others to do it tooā€¦ but again, that wasnā€™t really my problem with Jeff.

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He said it more than once.

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AFAIK that is the last one of those.

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Oh, I get what youā€™re saying. I remember those conversations on TOP. (Are we using ā€œTOPā€ now for ā€œThe Old Placeā€?)

^^^ that part

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Yeppersā€¦

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For those of Yorkshire heritage, it is pronounced Tā€™OP.

:wink:

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He seems like a decent enough guy, yes, but he suffers mightily from techbro syndrome. Heā€™s often wearing privilege blinders, and is unwilling to reconsider his beliefs once challenged by others.

Discourse is (obviously) an awesome platform and I believe that Mark and Jason did him (and the Discourse team) dirty with the sudden switch to Substack.

Eh, I have a hard time feeling too bad for him. He got his massive windfall when StackOverflow was bought out a few years ago. Heā€™ll be just fine.

That being said, Iā€™m glad heā€™s using his wealth to try to do some good.

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Like I saidā€¦

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You got me curious, so I went back and saw this. Anniversary after the doors were closed. :thinking:
Itā€™s like a train wreck. Canā€™t look away.
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TOP is on permanent autopilot. Until someone decides to break thru the cockpit doors.

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You can still like posts.

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Not too late to earn that ā€œCrazy in Loveā€ badge!

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