Wait, what's going on Basecamp? This is some hot tea. BRB diving into the rabbit hole. Edit: Meh, wasn't that interesting! I think banning political discussions at work, unless it's work-related, is the right move.

It doesn't just end at banning political discussions. There are other things too, which is now leading to several people quitting, even those who have been there for years.

What other things are there? I can’t find anything objectionable in this post. https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5

This gives some insights: https://www.platformer.news/p/-what-really-happened-at-basecamp

More immediate impact is OSS projects that were being developed by Basecamp employees https://twitter.com/sstephenson/status/1388146130261790721 https://twitter.com/georgeclaghorn/status/1388131010232074245

This was the interesting part. Bryn Jackson on Twitter: "Apple out here taking 30% of basecamp's employees." / Twitter

Damn these people were there for like years! https://twitter.com/kikiaards/status/1388208900608954371 https://twitter.com/jonasdowney/status/1388205182916440070

I’ll paraphrase one important argument: “How can you discuss diversity in the company without it being political?” or “How can you discuss fighting the pandemic without it being social?” ; these boundaries are nonsensical. The benchmark for unproductive discussions at work does not need to be different for “social/political” as it is for “technical” topics.

Need to read the Platformer to get it