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Comment by rubiii | Hacker News Reader

Putting DHH right next to Matz must be some kind of sick joke

Quickly followed by folks talking about a warm and welcoming community. Which in fairness, is true! DHH is the counterexample. Platforming him in 2025 seems nonsensical.

Why is platforming him in 2025 nonsensical?

Because he said things that some people on the internet interpreted as mean, so therefore he’s mean and we should never associate with mean people.

Ah yes, the "fuck your feelings" reductive response.

But no, what I meant to get at is that DHH's ego is radioactive. RailsConf tried to open their keynote to having Maybe Perhaps Someone Else Talk Sometime and DHH's response was, as it were, [off the rails](https://world.hey.com/dhh/no-railsconf-faa7935e). RailsWorld started the next year and, happy to have DHH keynote, took off. RailsConf swiftly died.

If you're running an ecosystem with a vocal community, is that a fire you want to play with?

The guy that started Rails wants to keep giving the keynote.

I’m having a hard time seeing the crime against humanity here.

platforming him at all is nonsensical if you want to claim to have a kind and/or welcoming community

So your claim is, that he is not a kind person. Were his blog posts that inflammatory?

His posts, his statements, his treatment of other people, yes, he advocates for things which cause harm to others. The term is stochastic terrorism. He creates a welcoming space _to people who are accepting of his bigoted ideology_ which gives some nice publicity, but is not creating a kind and welcoming community.

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