On: Asahi Lina Pausing Work on Apple GPU Linux Driver Development

[tempaccount420]

Did they disable the comment thread visibility for anon/not-logged-in users? I hope they deleted the comments instead of only hiding them from the public eye.

[ranger_danger → tempaccount420]

They disabled the entire comment thread, even if you're logged in:

Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page. For assistance contact the site administrator.

Here's one of the pages I still had open: https://0x0.st/81X4.png

[ponorin → ranger_danger]

i am still able to see it; perhaps you're not a paying subscriber, which i (regrettably) am.

edit: yes you do need a phoronix premium or have been a forum member for 3+ years to view the thread.

[spelyytomat → ponorin]

Not sure about the forum member part, I've been onboard since 2019 and it shows the same error message on my end

[ranger_danger → ponorin]

Can you upload screenshots for archival purposes? Thanks

[ponorin → ranger_danger]

Unfortunately I have just cancelled my subscription, which has terminated my membership immediately. I don't want to reread the atrocious waste (or expose them to others) anyway.

[clipsy → ponorin]

Sounds like a good opportunity to save yourself some money.

[sam_lowry_ → clipsy]

Why?

[clipsy → sam_lowry_]

Paying money that seemingly goes entirely to supporting a comments section dominated by trolls seems like a bad idea to me. YMMV I guess.

[sam_lowry_ → clipsy]

I do not get it. Money pays the creator of the website. That he does not have resources nor the desire to moderate the comments is a small detail.

I find nothing offensive in the comments I do not read, BTW.

[tempaccount420 → ranger_danger]

Wow, it was really bad.

[technion → tempaccount420]

If you find this shocking, you're in a quite fortunate bubble.

[duskwuff → tempaccount420]

It looks as though they specifically disabled the comments for this article (or moved the thread to an subforum which isn't visible to the public).

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoron...

[alexvoda → duskwuff]

Notably, even if Phoronix disabled the comments, they have not administered any consequences to the main offender

[stuaxo → tempaccount420]

I doubt it, some of the commenters there have been terrible for years.