short version: i called out discord for doing ads but just calling them a different thing in my original article on the matter
medium version: realizing that i was taking a lot of joy in making fun of things partially developed by people who are in the ecosystem of the website... it made me think of cracking jokes at life-boat operators for the sinking of the titanic
it's not their fault, they're often trying to help. but... it is people's fault. decisions that could be unmade or changed course from. there are bosses and VCs and salesmen worth pointing the finger at. but i don't know the company's specific inner workings, only what i can see from the outside.
thus it becomes easier to make fun of "discord" for what is surely a handful of people's foolhardiness. but... that's not fair to everyone else who is "discord" too.
long version: im writing a second article about discord