Roderic Day talking about this site
Roderic Day talking about this site
I don’t really think he knows this site’s culture at all. No one is dissuading people from reading theory lol
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i dont understand why he doesnt just subscribe to the more serious communities like c/theory and what not and ignore the rest of the site, i guess it would be lower engagement but like he had to deal with twitter morons all the time i dont see why he just doesnt do that. or make a lemmygrad account and make a community that solely revolves around serious discussions and what not
Because then he doesn't get to feel superior by whining on twitter.
Roderic Day is incurious and incompetent don't expect him to curate a feed he can't even read a single post for comprehension.
I generally disagree. I really dislike his position on how people use language (like he hyperfocuses on pretending you arent serious about a conversation if you use "lol" or "lmao") but i find him to be one of the few people on twitter with a big following that will actually engage with anyone no matter how much or how little clout they have and mostly engage with your arguments as long as you steer clear of stuff he really dislikes like using lmao. Do you hate his articles too? I've generally agreed with the analysis he's had in all of the ones I've read, I'd be open to any criticsms of them that you know of in that case.
The "engage with anyone" behavior is a neutral quality imo. If he were particularly helpful in educating others of good positions in those interactions I would say it was a good thing but he brings a silly combination of positions and often picks stupid fights.
Re: his articles, he is... fairly wrong most of the time. I don't think he has the patience to read most commie things for comprehension but desperately wants to have a position on them, and share that position, and then defend it forever. [Edit: removed some things I couldn't find evidence for until I do find it]
Which ultra did he platform, do you remember the title of the article? Im curious. As far as "fairly wrong most of the time", that seems like a pretty harsh critique against someone who is fairly recognized on this website for producing good works on a number of subjects, could you share more specifically some examples of this wrongness? Personally, I like most of what I have read on redsails.
Can't find the platforming ultras thing so I'll edit my comment until I do
In the last year or so he's been highlighted here in posts where tries to pick dumb fights with people on Twitter. Because the people he's trying to fight with have a higher profile than him it also makes a person wonder whether he's picking dumb fights on purpose.
Trying to pick a dumb fight with Hakim https://hexbear.net/post/1027991
Trying to pick a slightly dumb fight with the Second Thought guy https://hexbear.net/post/671261. Day isn't wrong per se in this one but he's missing the point and intended audience.
Trying to pick an incredibly dumb fight with Michael Hudson https://hexbear.net/post/579560
Re: platforming ultras I failed to find my example on first pass but I'll try looking for it again soon.
I’d also be curious which (most?) articles you considered fairly wrong. If it’s all the Twitter beef you posted yesterday, I put that cleanly in the 30% bad block
I agree with you I find his site has some very good reading haven't read an article yet that I disagree with all too much. Much better then Jacobin which people sometimes post here.