When It Comes to Social Control Media, Linus Torvalds is Channeling Techrights
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Mr. Torvalds has just responded to a known nuisance (notorious for provoking people and abusing anyone who does not agree with him on anything in Linux and beyond). He said "that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach." [1,2] (my wife, who is a Computer Scientist, kept abreast of further context, as The Register keeps track of these disputes and we have contacts at The Register, which uses our site for article ideas).
Sounds like Torvalds reads Techrights and gets the point about Social Control Media. We cautioned about this outcome (with rust, which nobody can trust) 3 years ago. Months ago Microsoft employees started throwing tantrums at Torvalds and Ted, his presumed 'deputy' (by some accounts, maybe not Ted but G.K.H.). We don't think it's a coincidence. GAFAM workers know exactly who to aim at; eventually it's like Google, where Page and Brin no longer have much influence, they are "just" founders. The very affluent people ("investors") make all the important decisions (e.g. Board appointments). Page and Brin are nice "mascots" though.
Some time tomorrow we'll write about the likely relationship between Torvalds and the company he works for. It has not looked like a healthy relationship for years already, but divorcing this company is perceived as "too complicated" now. Torvalds sometimes makes fun of his employer (LF), but then he shies away and makes no further remarks for fear of 'offending' somebody. We've documented this in video. Like MElon, JZemlin has no actual qualifications, yet he controls people who could all do his job far better. JZemlin keeps this job for all the wrong reasons. If the "LF" is controlled by a weak person who lacks knowledge and relevant experience (this causes insecurity, hence people get threatened for perceived "disloyalty" as opposed to incompetence), then somebody else will be in charge. LF is a defunct company that would do anything for money, even serve criminals like Bill Gates. Instead of investing in Linux development and advocacy it is occupied with reputation laundering of some criminal and chronic liar, who bragged he had a "Jihad" against Linux. █
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LKML: Linus Torvalds: Re: On community influencing (was Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] rust: add dma coherent allocator abstraction.)
However, I will say that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach.
Because if we have issues in the kernel development model, then social media sure as hell isn't the solution. The same way it sure as hell wasn't the solution to politics.
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Linus Torvalds to Hector Martin: 'Maybe the problem is you'
In response to Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin's call for Torvalds to "pipe up with an authoritative answer" to resolve the device driver impasse, and Martin's defense of "shaming on social media" as a way to counter the hostility of Linux maintainers to Rust code, Torvalds dismissed the approach and took aim at Martin.
"How about you accept the fact that maybe the problem is you," said Torvalds, who several years ago acknowledged his own difficulty with diplomatic online interaction. "You think you know better. But the current process works.
"It has problems, but problems are a fact of life. There is no perfect.
"However, I will say that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach.
"Because if we have issues in the kernel development model, then social media sure as hell isn't the solution. The same way it sure as hell wasn't the solution to politics.