Post #4487126

2026-08-10 04:32 UTC

@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au "not responding" is not the same as "refusing" or "declining". If you are going to summarise a story to add your own take, at least don't do it with straw men. I've no time for Zuckerberg or Meta or people with multi-million-dollar yachts generally, but accuracy in reporting and quoting of reports is important, and this is the umpteenth post that says the yacht "refused" or "declined" to help. It did neither. It just did not respond. Which may be just as bad in effect, but also could have reasons.

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@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au 2026-08-10 05:09

@kauer@aus.social ""not responding" is not the same as "refusing" or "declining". If you are going to summarise a story to add your own take, at least don't do it with straw men." Here's the BlueSky post this article appears to be based off: https://bsky.app/profile/elkmovie.bsky.social/post/3mscqsxfulk26 "I’m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son; our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht - which was closer - and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this)" Note the phrase "refused to respond". "I've no time for Zuckerberg or Meta or people with multi-million-dollar yachts generally, but accuracy in reporting and quoting of reports is important, and this is the umpteenth post that says the yacht "refused" or "declined" to help." Maybe it's because the original BlueSky post this is all based off used the phrase "refused to respond"? In which case, if the claim Zuck's boat refused to respond to a call for help, then it's accurate to report that the claim is that his yacht yacht "refused" or "declined" to help. "It did neither. It just did not respond. Which may be just as bad in effect, but also could have reasons." Whether by malice or by negligence, it's a shitty thing to have happened. And it's the latest in the string of shitty things Zuckerberg has done by malice or by negligence.

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