Drama in the Fediverse @lemmy.world mozz @mbin.grits.dev 8mo ago

Kagi search engine, mod censorship, fun stuff

awful.systems The whole internet loves Kagi, a lovely paid search engine that can find things! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the CEO is an unhinged narcissist who will harangue you in email - awful.systems

Here's how I see it:

Some person posts criticism of Kagi
CEO of Kagi emails the person saying, I think some of what you said is factually inaccurate and I'd like a chance to talk to you about why
Person angrily refuses to do that
Mod of !techtakes publicly posts screenshots in his sub instead, calls the CEO an unhinged narcissist and his email a "harangue"
People come in the thread and say, actually what the CEO said sounds "totally hinged" and the rude response seems un called for
Mod starts banning people and deleting comments of people who are arguing with him, leaving up his own side of the conversation.

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That thread is fucking bizarro, and is itself unhinged.

The CEO seemed fairly reasonable to me (if someone were bashing my company on their blog I'd like a chance for rebuttal), though they did ignore the "please stop emailing me" request.

It almost feels like everyone involved from the blog post to the thread comments are in the middle of a manic episode. What in the heck is going on?

If anything I bet this results in a net subscriber gain for Kagi.
- I mean, the CEO's response seems a little over the top, unless you bear in mind that this is his livelihood.
  
  Everyone's within their rights to say whatever they want about whatever private company, whether it's accurate or not, of course. But imagine that someone made a post at your workplace that was filled with things that weren't true about what you were doing in your job performance, and then you reached out to them to say "yo what's up with this" and they refused to talk with you about it. Given the context, I think the CEO's response is perfectly sane and that response of, no I'm not interested in talking with you on any level get away from me, is totally irresponsible and unreasonable.
  
  If anything I bet this results in a net subscriber gain for Kagi.
  
  I tend to agree
  
  The response of "I'm not debating this with you" is sane. You don't owe that to anyone. However, I still see the ceo's point in that he thinks his product is good, and he worked hard on it, so he's going to defend this. Imo he should've just let the guy be after he told him to not contact me again, but the linked thread seems insane to me.
The event is worth discussing, but the mod's clear one sidedness and trigger happiness makes it clear that that is not the place to do it
Lol glad I wasn't alone. Mod banned me too, BTW
- Yeah, is bullshit
  
  Fediverse/alttech users are some of the most thin-skinned people around. Square that with them being a forum mod and you've got a power trip of near-infinite potential.
- Was planning on it. Your mom says she's still sore from last time I creampied her with my gigantic, thick, juicy cock. So looks like it's just me and Pamela Handerson until your sister gets back in town, L.O.L.
  
  This you?
  
  Yeah dude. Give me a childish reply to my serious comment and I'll match your energy. Here's the full exchange (my top comment was removed before my reply). And L.O.L. stands for "lots of love," I was trying to extend an olive branch and settle our differences before the OP banned me :/
  
  I remember snorting at that one :)
Did I accidentally make 'totally hinged' a thing?
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