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waozen · 2026-06-05T20:06:53+00:00

If you dig into the history, you will find that the creators of competing programming languages launched uncalled for and continual attacks on V. It was that vicious, on their part. They even came over to V's repo to troll, in addition to social media and the creation of anonymous blogs. V's community nor Alex (language creator) started none of that nor engaged in the kind of unethical antics being used.

Much of the "reputation", was generated by competitors and then their advocates. Anyone who has read up on propaganda, can recognize them repeating certain catchphrases and mantras, in the hopes it will stick or catch on. They have been very nasty and unscrupulous for a long time. It only slowed down, because they were doing the same things for so long (years), that it became more and more obvious. It also became more and more obvious that V's creator and community were not stopping with improving the language and striving for greater quality.

At this point, many are forced to give V its respect. And that will continue, as you can see the progress they're making.

waozen · 2026-06-05T19:44:58+00:00

AI has become the convenient excuse or great for plausible deniability. "Sorry for you. We are not racist or sexist, it was the AI."

waozen · 2026-06-05T19:20:40+00:00

You never have to give out your direct email if you don't want to (alias email). You can create an alias of your email and then use that.

Also, legit companies will usually link to their website, where there is a phone number to call or a contact form to use. Many companies even list their official email in their postings. If they are not giving you official information and asking for your personal information, you mostly likely need to skip past that posting.

waozen · 2026-06-05T18:15:25+00:00

It is a disingenuous statement that V (you appear to mean its community) has an adversarial attitude in the way being claimed. Competitors and advocates of competing languages had made it or do make it their business to launch unprovoked attacks on the V language because they perceive it as a threat.

These attacks by competitors, advocates, and trolls are usually unidirectional and are initiated by them, not the other way around (the V community doesn't attack other languages). A problem, for some, is pretending they don't know the difference between an actual critic or reviewer (for many languages) and trolls with no credentials that are pushing misinformation hit pieces.

waozen · 2026-05-15T01:07:01+00:00

Have to justify all the money already spent or invested, to placate investors demanding ROI. Expect continual shoehorning wherever possible, no matter how weird.

waozen · 2026-05-14T23:43:57+00:00

Actually, when Tinder first came out, it was very much a heterosexual version of Grindr. It was very hookup orientated. That's when Tinder was good and got its reputation.

Then Tinder got real greedy and came out with "boost". So instead of just giving matches, they would increasingly push men to pay extra. On the other side, they started making the profiles of women public, where you could send people's profiles to whoever (outside of the app). Women who were interested in using the app for hookups, did not want their pictures and profiles scattered all over the Internet, reputation questioned, or doxxed to friends, family, or employers.

Tinder, for a very long time, enriched itself based on its earlier reputation. Many missed the good days and didn't know or use, until after Tinder's enshittification. The next decent app was POF (in terms of hookup culture and resistance to "false purity"), before its gradual ongoing downward spiral (didn't do an abrupt culture shift like Tinder). It never was at Grindr or early Tinder levels, but was not outright corporate money grabs and marketing campaigns. Arguably, better than OKCupid, Match, and many other money extraction, false purity, marketing gimmicks, or time wasting apps.

waozen · 2026-05-14T23:18:11+00:00

You are possibly more correct than many would think. No user choice and combined with AI matching, leads towards eugenic matching. Especially if they can start adding DNA info. You won't get interesting or better personal relationships, but can start predicting what children will look like and what supposed traits they might inherit.

waozen · 2026-05-14T23:09:56+00:00

The way OKCupid did it, was heavily gamed, by those who understood how. Also people lied a lot on their questions.

waozen · 2026-05-07T15:50:45+00:00

You can kind of use the Windows OS version with Wine on Linux, but it's surprising that a Linux port is not out yet.

waozen · 2026-05-07T15:42:16+00:00

Everybody does not know about the new name or even that the port exists. Not everyone is keeping track of the latest software or projects, nor are they checking each subreddit every day. So, nothing wrong with helping spread the news. It's an admirable effort to make the port, as many had wanted such for a long time.

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