The all-out revolt against Knitting.com helps explain boycotts at Reddit and Etsy The knitting world rose up against corporate ownership—and displayed the power of online communities
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Bazootiehead-in-training
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I remember when the whole TechBros knitting debacle went down. They thought they could laugh at us AND monetize us. Nope. Says one person who could be their 20 year blogger. Not a grandma (beyond my control). But yeah.
Meanwhile, I’d appreciate it if these writers would stop referring to X as anything more or less than X, unless they refer to it as Xitter. WaPo is terrible about this and really should stop quoting Xitter as a news source.
Pronunciation optional.
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