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Will OKCupid also stop using javascript?



There is no easy swap-in replacement.


It's good to know we can set aside our moral values when convenience is at stake.


The point is to make a statement and educate users. Not cut off your nose to spite your face.


Yes! Let's destroy a man in the name of equality and social justice! Let's educate everyone about our high and mighty (selectively applied) morals at any cost!

It'll be totally worth it for that sweet, sweet sense of smugness we'll feel when we look in the mirror.


I donated both money and time to Mozilla in the pre-Google days when they were really struggling. I'm also gay and a resident of California. When proposition 8 passed it really hurt. Finding out that an organization I've supported now has chosen a leader who explicitly acted to take away my rights, that really hurts too. It's a betrayal. I would hope that you can understand why or at least have the empathy not to belittle those who do feel strongly about it.


Or in this case, to have your users cut of their collective noses to spite their collective faces.




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