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The Stallman Report

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197 points pkilgore | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 14:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tallmed ◴[14 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41840417[source]▶
seems like a rehash of the same hit piece they tried to pull off back in 2021
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bringen ◴[14 Oct 24 18:43 UTC] No.41840541[source]▶
And just like last time, the authors are trying to convince their supporters to manipulate the discussion on HN.

https://mastodon.social/@report_press/113306313558293261

We can already see the influence of this in the comments on this post.

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chipotle_coyote ◴[14 Oct 24 19:56 UTC] No.41841250[source]▶
Given that much of the tone of the discussion here is not only dismissive of the report but the link has been actively suppressed via flagging, I don't think it's credible to argue there is some kind of organized anti-RMS "manipulation" happening here.

(I don't think there's some kind of organized pro-RMS manipulation happening, either. I think there's a fairly large segment of HN readers who minimize credible reports of RMS's reprehensible behavior because of his past accomplishments and his importance to the free software movement.)

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1. bringen ◴[15 Oct 24 19:33 UTC] No.41852266[source]▶
Turn on "showdead" and look how many comments critical of the report have been flagged. That strongly indicates an organized suppression of dissenting views.
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2. arp242 ◴[15 Oct 24 21:38 UTC] No.41853382[source]▶
Many are of no substance, or worse. One of them is an unhinged conspiratorial rant about COINTELPRO. Another starts with an insult against the author of this page. There's a transphobic rant. etc.

I went through all of them; there is only one that I would "vouch worthy" and should not be flagged (the one that links to stallmansupport.org), so I vouched that one. All the others I've seen should be flagged, not because they're "critical of the report", but because they're garbage.