Today is my last day at Shopify. I joined in 2016 and had the time of my life, great engineering and people, they brought me to Canada and for that I’ll be eternally grateful. But they’re also proudly hosting swastikas for sale, taking the idea of “make commerce better for everyone” a little […] - ThreadSky

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy • 2 days ago

Today is my last day at Shopify. I joined in 2016 and had the time of my life, great engineering and people, they brought me to Canada and for that I’ll be eternally grateful. But they’re also proudly hosting swastikas for sale, taking the idea of “make commerce better for everyone” a little […]

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jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo Huge respect. 🫡

Not just for leaving, but for speaking out. That couldn't have been easy.

exterm.layer8.space.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo Lots of respect to you. Let‘s catch up some time.

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@exterm thanks Philip, most definitely! 🥰

deobald.fantastic.earth.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@eljojo this sucks, and i hope you're able to find new work soon.

i am curious if you have a news article to link to? a quick ddg just shows the kanye west website being taken down, which i assume isn't what you're referring to.

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@deobald here’s a few:

https://thelogic.co/news/shopify-takes-down-kanye-west-nazi-tshirt-store/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachelgilmorejournalist_shopify-didnt-take-down-kanye-wests-store-activity-7295204588712775681-v6ab

internally when this was discussed, I asked myself whether other […]

deobald.fantastic.earth.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@eljojo oof.

brettk.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo There's a kind of strange irony, to me, that if you *say* you're selling swastikas, taken money from white supremacists, then don't actually give them the swastikas, Shopify will ban you.

But if you actually do sell the swastikas, then that's cool.

Literally saying "we're fine […]

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@brettk this is exactly the thing. I asked myself how hard it’d be to find such merchants, turns out not hard at all! https://ruby.social/@eljojo/114117910697938532

michaelmelanson.net•2 days ago

Wait what? Shopify is doing case studies on Nazi merch sites?!

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

Here's a case study on how this merchant's revenue increased after moving to Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ca/case-studies/international-military-antiques

Here's a sample of the products they sell […]

drahardja.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo Thank you for your principled stand, and for voting with your feet. Best wishes to you.

mariellequinton.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo I hope you can find something much better!

reconbot.toot.cafe.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo I left because of CEO behavior and hosting maga bs and I’d never go back for the same reasons

miki.dragonscave.space.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@eljojo Genuine question.

Do you believe that e.g. your power utility or phone company should refuse to provide service to companies selling that kind of gear? Do you believe it should even be legal for them to do so?

I think "refusing to provide service based on political affiliations is […]

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@miki my stance is based on swastikas, not political affiliation. I don’t want my engineering to go towards sale of swastikas. I’d carve out exceptions for buddhism and otherwise ban the sale of them.

flq.freiburg.social.ap.brid.gy•1 day ago

@eljojo all the best for your next job José, and thank you for being a techie with a conscience 🙏

bitboxer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@eljojo thank you for speaking up 🙏

eljojo.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

@bitboxer thank YOU Bodo for speaking up. You’ve always been vocal about their actions and it definitely helped me shape my decision/opinion. ✊

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