Boing boing hypocrisy

[cdave]

I'm a bit late to this bit of internet drama, but I've not seen it on LJ yet, and it strikes me that some of you would be interested in it.

Boing boing caught deleting posts about someone they don't like anymore, and won't say why they don't.

Hypocrisy pure and simple.

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Comments

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

No hypocrisy at all - you're playing with their ball, you don't have freedom of speech.

It's the Internet. You have no rights.

[cdave]

That's true. And if you want to edit/delete your own past entries, I can't say I like it, but it's not Hypocrisy, and I wouldn't call it such.

They have built up reputation fighting against site who just this sort thing.

If, hypothetically, boing boing had caught a site like The Register deleting all their previous glowing reviews of Nokia phones after the CEO of Nokia pissed one of their journalists off, boing boing would have kicked up a hugh stink.

They have the right to do this, but it is hypocritical for them to do it.

[andrewducker]

It is hypocrisy to complain about someone commiting action X and then to do it yourself, surely?

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

Only if you think BoingBoing matters. ;)

I regard it as 'editorial policy'. I don't agree with the way most newspapers conduct themselves, why should I agree with blogs? It's not providing a public service, it's reflecting the world view of a particular set of people. It doesn't pretend to be good, bad or indifferent.

Now, yes, it's damaging to their reputation in the geek community, but that has three-eighths of f---all to do with hypocrisy.

As the old saying goes - "the Internet treats censorship and routes around it". If enough people are pissed-off by BoingBoing deleting things, they'll go somewhere else. No point getting indignant about it - if it genuinely matters to you, stop giving them your clicks ;)

[andrewducker]

It's got nothing to do with my opinion of how they conduct themselves.
"Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess"

They claimed that they thought that doing something was wrong - and then they did it. If that isn't hypocrisy, what is?