> The problem was that other Cloudflare customers started calling and threatening to cancel their service if Cloudflare didn't cut the Daily Stormer off. "The pressure to take it down just kept building and building," [the CEO] told Ars. [...] "I woke up this morning in a bad mood and decided to kick them off the Internet,"
So far he has been a "free speech absolutist" aside from the Daily stormer (economic extremes) and 8chan (public safety extremes). They're just defining what their identity as a cloud provider is. There's nothing morally inconsistent about discovering where your limits and tolerance are.
> Daily stormer (economic extremes) and 8chan (public safety extremes).
Both actually share a large cross section of users. The Daily Stormer was named after storm troopers. It is a cesspool of white supremacists. The same problem that 8chan's userbase has. I expect we'll see a continued deplatforming of sites which allow that ideology to fester.
Hence the quotes. And if you read the arstechnica article, it's understood the CEO himself realizes he had to make an exception from that position.
You and the poster I responded to are picking nits with absolutes. Aside from pedantics, is there a problem with wanting to go as far as you can with an idea until you feel like you can't?
> is there a problem with wanting to go as far as you can with an idea until you feel like you can't?
Lacking integrity is absolutely a problem! This isn't "pedantic", it's a disgrace. I don't recall AWS ever claiming to be pro free speech yet I also don't recall them banning businesses on a Sunday afternoon because Jeff Bezos was in a bad mood.
> I also don't recall them banning businesses on a Sunday afternoon because Jeff Bezos was in a bad mood.
I was trying to be generous by assuming the real reason was economic pressure, but yes the way this is worded makes it sound very unprofessional.
> Lacking integrity is absolutely a problem! This isn't "pedantic", it's a disgrace.
AWS can be the honey badger b/c they can afford to not give a crap. I get the impression Cloudflare doesn't have the same luxury yet. I very much admire Lavabit for folding the company on a moral stance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit, but not everyone can afford to send employees packing for their belief. You are correct, he compromised, but let's admit 99% of us have limits.
So far he has been a "free speech absolutist" aside from the Daily stormer (economic extremes) and 8chan (public safety extremes). They're just defining what their identity as a cloud provider is. There's nothing morally inconsistent about discovering where your limits and tolerance are.