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0 pointsgeofft6y ago0 comments

> Cloudflare would have been in a better position to actually change 8chan if they had kept them on and pressured them.

So, this was Cloudflare's position as of earlier today: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/04/mass-shoo...

> "It would be the easiest thing in the world and it would feel incredibly good for us to kick 8chan off our network, but I think it would step away from the obligation that we have and cause that community to still exist and be more lawless over time."

> "For us the question is which is the worse evil? Is the worse evil that we kick the can down the road and don’t take responsibility? Or do we get on the phone with people like you and say we need to own up to the fact that the internet is home to many amazing things and many terrible things and we have an absolute moral obligation to deal with that."

So, the question for you and for Matthew Prince-as-of-a-few-hours-ago is, if Cloudflare was in fact in such a better position to actually change 8chan, why didn't they?

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word-reader6y ago

I would say that Matthew Prince and associates just wanted to feel better about themselves, avoid further bad PR, and not have things be awkward around town.

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0 pointsgeofft6y ago0 comments

> Cloudflare would have been in a better position to actually change 8chan if they had kept them on and pressured them.

So, this was Cloudflare's position as of earlier today: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/04/mass-shoo...

So, the question for you and for Matthew Prince-as-of-a-few-hours-ago is, if Cloudflare was in fact in such a better position to actually change 8chan, why didn't they?