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She says it somehow got closed for comments about a minute after posting, with (as usual for Nextdoor) no notice and no reason given.
 
She says it somehow got closed for comments about a minute after posting, with (as usual for Nextdoor) no notice and no reason given.
  
We're a bit puzzled because Camille had been protesting earlier about people closing comments on their *own* posts, either temporarily or permanently -- but they don't seem to be heavily into treating people equally over there, so I guess this is unsurprising.
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We're a bit puzzled because Camille (the admin) had been protesting earlier about people closing comments on their *own* posts, either temporarily or permanently -- but they don't seem to be heavily into treating people equally over there, so I guess this is unsurprising.
  
 
So, yeah, this touches on a lot of political issues, including the social value of for-profit corporations, the social value of "intellectual property" (which, to my mind, is increasingly just a land-grab for the rentier (non-working) class -- see the Immortal Mouse Copyright Act) and the need for some kind of regulation around important work done for the public good such that it doesn't get lost when a company goes out of business.
 
So, yeah, this touches on a lot of political issues, including the social value of for-profit corporations, the social value of "intellectual property" (which, to my mind, is increasingly just a land-grab for the rentier (non-working) class -- see the Immortal Mouse Copyright Act) and the need for some kind of regulation around important work done for the public good such that it doesn't get lost when a company goes out of business.
  
 
Since it can't be discussed there right now, let's discuss it here!
 
Since it can't be discussed there right now, let's discuss it here!

Revision as of 20:17, 18 February 2022

cross-posted from Nextdoor

intellectual "property" vs. social benefit, #ThanksCapitalism

Meg posted about this in the non-anti-fascist political group:

She says it somehow got closed for comments about a minute after posting, with (as usual for Nextdoor) no notice and no reason given.

We're a bit puzzled because Camille (the admin) had been protesting earlier about people closing comments on their *own* posts, either temporarily or permanently -- but they don't seem to be heavily into treating people equally over there, so I guess this is unsurprising.

So, yeah, this touches on a lot of political issues, including the social value of for-profit corporations, the social value of "intellectual property" (which, to my mind, is increasingly just a land-grab for the rentier (non-working) class -- see the Immortal Mouse Copyright Act) and the need for some kind of regulation around important work done for the public good such that it doesn't get lost when a company goes out of business.

Since it can't be discussed there right now, let's discuss it here!