> I think the people involved have consumed so much American state-affiliated media that they simply don’t ask themselves these questions.
Influence is one of these “how’s the water” problems. We don’t have any evidence that Rust’s release team is getting their viewpoints from state-affiliated media any more than they’re getting them from Iranian dissidents on Twitter.
To put it another way: interests align all the time, and evidence of their alignment is not evidence of influence (much less collusion).
It appears that the interests of the Rust community have aligned with the interests of state-sponsored American media several times now, and on several disparate subjects, none of which are related to software.
At some point, that's not a coincidence, that's an echo chamber.
woodruffw|3 years ago
Influence is one of these “how’s the water” problems. We don’t have any evidence that Rust’s release team is getting their viewpoints from state-affiliated media any more than they’re getting them from Iranian dissidents on Twitter.
To put it another way: interests align all the time, and evidence of their alignment is not evidence of influence (much less collusion).
pclmulqdq|3 years ago
At some point, that's not a coincidence, that's an echo chamber.