Techdirt Podcast Episode 54: It Ain't Easy To Give Away $45 Billion
from the the-mechanics-of-philanthropy dept
There's been a lot of back-and-forth recently over Mark Zuckerberg's announcement of the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, combining widespread praise with a lot of disappointment in the details and the fact that he isn't really "giving away" $45 billion. There's a lot to be said on both sides of this question, and this week we're discussing the new initiative and the wide variety of reactions to it.
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Maybe he could set up an endowment to support CopyLeft institutions? Open Internet initiatives?
I would include pro-privacy foundations, except this is the CEO of Facebook we're talking about. He could start with his own website's Real Name policy.
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Say mike/Tim/anyone else over at TD?
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Why not read up on a troll that got arrested (for unrelated reasons) that had trolled both sides of GamerGate to keep it going?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/11/terrorist-troll-pretended-to-be-isis-white-su premacist-and-jewish-lawyer.html
Or what of the Bill Waggoner Crew that doxed a bunch of people at the start of GamerGate and then GamerGate got the blame?
What of the WLAE (We Laugh At Everything) Crew that pushes extremist rhetoric while pretending to be part of GamerGate?
And what of the Internet-unsavvy media who seem to be so easily trollable into thinking GamerGate is involved in mass shootings? (https://archive.is/RQDdk - look at the MARIE A. PARKER section)
There's so much information out there that's not well known about GamerGate that would radically change public understanding(?) of it.
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Perhaps when more information is known and when emotions cool down more, it'd be safer for TechDirt writers to get involved. And I'm sure they will be extremely interested once some of the lesser known details come to light.
One last thing - GamerGate is about different things to different people. It's about "ethics in journalism" for some, but not for others. It's about fighting "political correctness" for some, but not for others. It's about fighting abusers masquerading as progressive feminists for some, but not for others. It's about fighting the "librul media" for some, but not for others. It's about being the WrongThink police for some, but not for others. It's about fighting WrongThink police for some, but not for others.
There's so many hands in the pot right now due to the various narratives that keep getting published about GamerGate that it's difficult to keep up with. And I'm saying this as someone been involved from the start and who has had friends severely hurt by abusers-pretending-to-be-progressives.
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This is basically everything we've said about it and everything we will say about it unless something more interesting comes along that leads us to say anything else.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141024/06430028931/this-post-is-not-about-gamergate.shtml
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Also I mainly stay loyal(to quote yourself past self in the article) because I enjoy hearing about the stupid and laughable legal threats you guys always report on. Always makes me laugh and wonder how the next person with a poor understanding of the legal system will make an even bigger mess of himself.
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Don't do it, just don't.
There is too much FUD around GG for anyone to have a reasonable discussion about it.
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