Appreciate the response. I read the Devault rant. It’s not clear to me that the guy behind FUTO is actively evil, seems more like he’s trying his best and still figuring that whole “being a semi public figure funding stuff” thing out.
Drew’s position that interacting with people with bad opinions makes you evil by association doesn’t strike me as mainstream (or future-proof for that matter).
How is Drew not banned on here? You can't even talk about his obsession with .. "Japaneses child art" let's say .. without it getting flagged and removed. (This comment will get flagged). Meanwhile other people who lean slightly right are totally shadowbanned.
Devault is not a good actor. Everything he says comes out of jealousy and spite.
No, it doesn't. People complaining about someone talking x or y funding is "bad vibes." Why does everything have to turn into ideological BS?
Look, Wikimedia is an evil, biased, insane organization that grifts for money and gives to absolutely insane causes, but if they gave me a few thousand for an open source project, would I turn them down? No. I'd never give them money, but it's not going to prevent me from using their services either (using LibRedirect + a Wikiless instance to avoid tracking and their ads of course).
But FUTO sponsoring that project gives bad vibes.