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Interesting! I didn't know they were the same person, but coming from a queer perspective, I'm inclined to just treat people as they ask to be treated. If someone is doing impressive work, I think it's important to respect the way they want to be treated, even if it's non-traditional.

V-tubers in general are very strange, and attract fanbases of strange individuals. A sort of natural attraction.

Is...that Hector Martin's vtuber persona? I was under the impression that they were different people.

There is some evidence to that effect: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35237006

(Note that I'm not necessarily endorsing any specific views about this, just linking to a past discussion.)

It almost certainly is. But it's never been officially confirmed and I doubt Hector ever would as it was never his intention.

Why do we care?

Ashai Linux is obviously a high-IQ effort and we are very fortunate they are motivated to work on this instead of something else (like ML)

I actually don’t care, and I think the community is better off being explicitly welcoming of folks of all kinds.

People mostly care that he wants to censor anyone mentioning it.

Streisand effect basically.

How would you suggest that people treat them?

because it’s fun