All these Twitter threads about why Basecamp was evil to curtail political discussion are the strongest arguments in support of that decision.
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Sure it’s exhausting but...also important? Attempting to forcibly bury all their employees’ heads in the sand seems like the wrong reaction.
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These are discussions in a small company among people who have lots of non-political investment in their relationships. I guess it could end up like Twitter, but would seem pretty surprising
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I think “presumably” is doing a lot of work here, and it would be…interesting to see Basecamp present evidence to back up their decision, as this thread notes:https://twitter.com/polotek/status/1386827835659087873 …
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“Employees say the founders’ memos unfairly depicted their workplace as being riven by partisan politics, when in fact the main source of the discussion had always been Basecamp itself.” So now we’ve got more details :) awaiting a Basecamp response, I think? will monitor for onehttps://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1387195556976418818 …
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