fosstodon.org is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software. If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

Administered by:

Server stats:

8.6K
active users

#HackersSuck

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Jordan (has moved)<p>For years I&#39;ve been getting spam from this one &quot;magazine&quot;, so as I comb through my junk mail every day I see stuff from them.</p><p>They&#39;ve been on this campaign for months now, using the hashtag <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HackersSuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HackersSuck</span></a>. </p><p>I take offense.</p><p>Hackers are the pioneers and punks of the tech world. Without hackers, nobody would have what we all have today.</p><p>I understand their angle but it&#39;s a pet peeve of mine to use that term in the way they do.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hackers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hacker</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/junk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>junk</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spam</span></a></p>