[RabbiPires]

The problem is listing it as a primary principle when there are more pressing concerns. I don't care about people's politics, so long as they don't push it to the forefront. Unfortunately this is what seems to happen a lot these days. "Fighting hate" should not be a primary concern for Mozilla right now.

[dangus]

I’m failing to see how Mozilla is being political, and how fighting hate is political. Theoretically, people across the political spectrum should all agree with that.

Hate online is a huge problem, and if Mozilla think they have potential to solve that problem, I’d say they can go for it. It’s their budget, not mine or yours.

[RabbiPires]

"Hate" is a loaded term that depends on your interpretation, and can mean a lot of things, most of them political. I won't list them here because it's off-topic on HN.

Mozilla right now should focus their efforts on being profitable (or at least sustainable!) without relying on Google, Baidu and Yandex. Ideological or political pursuits should come later.

[codingmess]

Referring to this, for example: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxenxx/mozilla-wants-youn...

[Bantros]

It isn't, they don't, nor should they bother trying

[luckylion]

> Hate online is a huge problem, and if Mozilla think they have potential to solve that problem, I’d say they can go for it.

So is climate change. They really should focus on that problem, because it's literally endangering our planet, not just the Internet.

Or they should keep their focus on a more narrow topic that they actually understand and have some success in working on.

I've yet to see mission creep that didn't turn into a problem very quickly.