Today he admits that he’s a hypocrite. Turns out that River2 ships with its own, hand-picked SUL.
Am I A Hypocrite?
Sure. Of course. I am a totally f*cked up human being.
Of course, he only admits that because it’s easier than admitting that he doesn’t like the Twitter SUL only because he’s not on it, and that his fervor comes from jealousy and hurt-ego more than any principled stand he’s taking.
That’s pretty clear if you look at his explanation for the difference between Twitter’s SUL and his. I also found it amusing that he calls Twitter the only game in town — this from the guy who ran (is running?) a competing service.
Dave, Dave, Dave. Why not just go ahead and admit to yourself, and everyone else, that the real issue you have with Twitter’s SUL is that you see follower counts as a Twitter scoreboard and you’re pissed that the owners of the game you’re trying to win keep helping your competitors?
With Dave the fuzzy logic never stops:
“…I don’t guarantee that I will never sell a position on the list. But I will never put a feed on the list that I wouldn’t put there if they didn’t pay.”
Consider the ethics and logic of that policy.
And how about this:
“3. I try not to influence editorial content through my choices … but if it influences the writers I will remove it immediately.”
Like if they write about Dave or his hobby projects favorably he will remove the feed? What about if they criticize him?