discussing politics at work was no longer permitted... libertarian bullshit
Maybe one of the founders learned that people were making seasteading jokes.
Seasteading is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. The term is a blend of sea and homesteading.
As The Verge later reported, the initial motivation for the letter stemmed from internal disagreement over a controversial list of “funny names” of Basecamp customers. Several of the names on the list, which resurfaced several times over the years and of which management was well aware, were of Asian or African origin. Employees considered their inclusion inappropriate at best, and racist at worst.
Hansson acknowledged the list and tried to move on (you can read his internal communications here), but employees pressed the issue.
Hansson did not reply to a request for comment from The Verge on Friday.
Maybe one of the founders learned that people were making seasteading jokes.
Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff - The Verge
The final paragraphs...
That's some fun context I was missing, of course it's because they're mad that making fun of people's names was sometimes racist :agony-immense:
"I can't be a racist. I'm a libertarian!"
I make fun of everyone's names equally! It's just that things like "Jim Williams" and "Matthew Martin" aren't funny!
matt-marty and jimmy-billy-yams
:jokerfication:
Just good old fashioned American names. I knew some Billy-Yams back in the day, matter of fact...
buttered billy-yams huh?
:knifecat::kitty-cri-potato:
:im-vegan: