DISQUS

John Wonderlich · 1 year ago

"Two ships passing in the night, somehow headed in the same direction"

I work at the Sunlight Foundation, and wrote some of the posts you reference above. Thanks for a cool headed look at the situation!

Also, I think the "ships passing" quote is perfect here...

Aaron Brazell · 1 year ago

Wondering why the heck you completely went out of your way to avoid crediting me on any of this? Did you just *happen* to not notice my coverage? Come on, Eric.

http://technosailor.com/2008/07/08/democrats-tr...

I'm not buying the excuse that you didn't know, so please don't use it.

Eric Eldon · 1 year ago

Sorry, Aaron, I'm dense, tell me what I *didn't* know. I did not intentionally avoid crediting you. The problem is, I'm just not sure what you think I should have credited you for, in the first place.

After Culberson had already gone on the warpath, I had thought that you had responded with a blog post, like O'Reilly and others who, like you, I respect but didn't link to or mention in this article.

Let me know what I missed and I'll update the article.

Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins · 1 year ago

The congressional Democrat behind this *is* effectively censoring Twitter usage for all of Congress by attempting to enforce the House rules on this (and he *is* framing this in a partisan manner). His response to the public outcry even further re-inforced that it was partisan motivated - his protestations were belied by his overtly partisan rhetoric. I know most folks in the tech world aren't seeing this from a partisan perspective, but that's what it's amounting to.

The way the house rules work, the disclaimer and approval process virtually rules out not only info and communication coming out in a timely manner, but twitter as a communications medium at all (140 chrs doesn't even start to cover the disclaimer).

Instead of enforcing or "loosening" (read: regulated whitelist) restrictions, it should be suggested that the arcane rules be done away with or highly modified with an eraser.

Eric Eldon · 1 year ago

Rizzn, I completely agree about this: "[I]t should be suggested that the arcane rules be done away with or highly modified with an eraser."

I think Capuano just doesn't understand all of this new stuff and it shows. I don't think he's trying to censor Twitter. He explicitly said he's not aiming to do that, although his poorly-phrased letter could lead one to think that.

Basically, I think everyone wants the same thing and I'm afraid that Culberson, Capuano -- and you -- are too partisan. I've enjoyed a lot of your articles but it makes me sad to see you taking sides here instead of trying to provide more clarity for everyone.