Why I'm Canceling My Hey Subscription After DHH's Controversial Post
After four years as a loyal customer, I decided to cancel my Hey subscription following DHH's recent blog post comparing Roma people to wolves. While I believe in mistake theory and avoiding public shaming, I cannot support a business partner who advocates for mass deportation without acknowledging individual innocence. The post's tone and factual errors regarding enforcement alternatives crossed a line for me, proving that friendship and business partnership are not the same.
I'll be your friend, but I don't need to be your business partner.
- roughly
I live in Oakland. Something I've noticed in a lot of the "THE CITY IS GOING TO HELL" commentary is that often people are pointing at visual symptoms - a homeless encampment, graffiti - as a proxy for "things are bad," and it doesn't take a lot of pulling on that thread before you get to "well just look at them," and it's real hard to cast that one in a "race-neutral" way. I've heard people complaining about hot dog vendors on the street as some kind of public nuisance, I've heard people point to wall murals as a sign of moral decay. Fine, that's your jam, that's what the suburbs are for, but if you don't like seeing poor people, make a society that doesn't create so goddamn many of them.
- flockonus
I do find the author position to be incoherent in the following regard:
1. believe a statement can be true or false, and false should be called out.
2. believe deportation is morally wrong in certain cases, that is, the law can be selectively broken.
I personally believe laws should always be enforced and followed. That eliminates margin for corruption and lenience. A strong law also creates incentive for the population to care about the letter of the law and reforms, since it becomes a known fact that such law will be followed through.
The worst of both worlds is a situation like in US or EU where immigrants "more or less" can settle, but live under constant pressure knowing there is no legal framework to support them, and deportation may come at any moment.
- Cider9986
This should not have been flagged. There's not even any flagged comments.
- joshcsimmons
Strange logic and strange days we live in.
Typically I just spend money on software that works the best and suits my needs.
I don't generally research the individual creating it.
We should all know less about eachother!
- tasuki
> if I give someone inaccurate medical advice, that is not only false, it is false and harmful
I don't understand what's so special about legal and medical advice that it's so singled out in certain parts of the world. All kinds of advice people give can be harmful, such as eg cooking and dietary advice. Yet it's ok to tell people how to cook, but for whatever reason it's not ok to tell people to make sure they stay well-hydrated when they have a cold.
[Edit:] But gee does the rest of the article hit hard. The "missing mood" in particular.
- windowshopping
I used to admire that guy. I don't understand why anyone still works at Basecamp with posts like this to be honest. How do people justify it to themselves? Maybe it's just harder to switch jobs now with AI, I don't know.
- heyaco
had to use ai to sum up this long and whiny article.
you just dont understand the depth of what he's saying. you see to just react like a libtard.
- flumpcakes
I think DHH's opinion is a very common sentiment in Europe. "Gypsies" are a very European thing. I wonder if there's anything similar in the US? For context for US readers; they generally exist outside of the usual social norms, and have a pretty bad reputation because of it.
This is not a defence of DHH, just providing context to his comments.