For someone that supposedly quit Twitter months ago, there are a surprising number of recent tweets:
https://twitter.com/Alex_Gaynor
Not to mention the big Twitter logo linking to his profile at the top of his blog.
https://twitter.com/Alex_Gaynor
Not to mention the big Twitter logo linking to his profile at the top of his blog.
But still, yeah.
https://twitter.com/alex_gaynor/status/524683684180271106
But even if they were, there's a certain irony to decrying Twitter while syndicating yourself on it.
I may be biased because Alex Gaynor is a prominent member of the Django community and one of the pillars of what made it so elitist and hostile to contributions. But then again, I hate twitter too.
In another example, recently I stopped commenting on OS News threads altogether due to the recent political shenanigans (in short, the managing editor stopped posting operating system/tech news and focused solely on the gamergate saga). However, I do still check out the site from time to time, and ironically both the stories and the subsequent discussions have improved in the past week or so while he's been on vacation. Still, I'm soured from engaging with that community for a while yet, even though I have friends there.
So I can see him keeping his Twitter account and only using it to promote his blog, declining to engage in regular conversation. On the one hand, maybe it is a bit hypocritical, but on the other, he's using Twitter for exactly what he said it should be used for.
That's always a low accusation to make primarily because it's ad hominem and completely irrelevant, but secondarily because it's an easy attack that requires a detailed defense.
If a person making billions from running tobacco companies doesn't smoke, prefers people he's around don't smoke, and thinks that it's a nasty habit, is he a hypocrite? What about if he makes money from a rise in sales of sugary candy but thinks people eat too much sugary candy? What if he makes money from selling housing but rents?
1.) a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2.) a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings