Oddbean

Thats not why I dislike this fellow. I dislike him because he started out rude and dismissive, then tried to tell me he was a big deal so i should look him up. I dislike him because in our first encounter he was insufferable. As for the approach to project. Free speech means your bot can snitch and we can bitch. It means that you can do what you like and we can talk about it. So once again. If he just answers the question this becomes moot. Why, when faced with and issue in a decentralized environment, would you reach for a centralized approach? simple question that prompted him to try throwing weight around while making insinuating and loaded comments. The distaste you see in people is largely for the man and his behaviour. Technical issues can be discussed. Insolent authoritarianism will get you internet slapped. Basically he pissed people off because he is a dick on top of doing something the community finds suss.

I've been acquainted with Rabble for years from SSB. He's always been like this. Every problem needs a centralised solution with him as a gatekeeper. Importing a literal Microsoft / OpenAI bot was a level of cringe I hadn't seen before, though...

I assumed (SSB days) that he was just prowling for a passive revenue stream by positioning himself at a data chokepoint. SSB's culture is pretty hardcore anti-capitalist, so you can imagine how well that was received. He writes good code on occasion. Reportinator is not one of those occasions...