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I’m planning to write a text based social network for vintage computing enthusiasts, for CP/M. It’ll be written in Turbo Pascal.

It’s my path to $2B.

Don’t tell anyone my idea.

Presumably this is rising because of the topical current Basecamp saga.

But I don’t think Basecamp is like the simple model put forward here by Paul Graham, who is saying “if you’re famous you get fanboys and their opposite and that’s just an outcome of being famous”.

Basecamp and it’s founders have over many years taken extremely opinionated and contrarian positions, and it’s always been presented with an air of breathtakingly arrogant superiority. The tone of their communication has always to me seemed to be bursting with superiority and smugness. They haven’t just ended up with haters just because that’s what happens if you’re famous. They’ve ended up with haters because they almost appeared to actively be trying to create haters because they wanted to generate extreme opinions because it’s good publicity.

And now finally Basecamp founders have taken yet another contrarian arrogant position but this time it’s fallen flat and backfired severely. And now many former fanboys are haters and there’s no goodwill and all there is, is haters.

Did he attend the #joshfight ?

Offering six months pay is a major own goal by Basecamp.

“Ruining” is a bit strong, perhaps.

Peharps “making the first few seconds of visiting most sites slightly annoying” is a better description.

It’s so tempting to make some snide remark about it being cancelled.

I’m not trying to win an argument, just stating what I believe.

I think no other justification is needed to end the death penalty than “it’s inhuman and barbaric”.

Even discussing other factors arguments and considerations dilutes the core point that’s it’s straight up wrong unethical and inhuman to murder others in the name of the law.

Paul Graham has a valid point, but if you say “it’s wrong cause it’s inaccurate”, implies it’s right if it’s accurate. And it’s not... the death penalty is wrong no matter be it accurate or inaccurate.

Lies, damn lies and benchmarks.