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1. pxc+3S2[view] [source] 2024-04-22 19:46:27
>>denysv+(OP)
> The moderation team is disempowered to ban people for driving away many more contributors worth of time than they have contributed themselves if they don’t violate any rules on paper.

So the demand is that the moderation team can ban people without them having violated any rules? And on what basis is the volume of these theoretical, possible future contributions based? This is a demand to ban people (prolific contributors) from the community based on vibes.

I've been in online communities like that. It's ridiculous to think something like that is appropriate for a sizeable open-source community. That kind of shit is for tiny, insular Facebook groups, subreddits, fediverse instances, etc. You don't see it so much at larger scales for good reason.

> Eelco has publicly liked several posts explicitly supporting Anduril on Discourse, likes which are visible under posts, and as someone with significant social power, can easily be seen as an endorsement of his personal view. This is unbecoming conduct of a board member and damages the unity of the board on decisions. You may browse his likes on Discourse.

This letter wants to talk about psychological safety, but concerns itself with policing social media likes. Seriously? I have no words.

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2. Qwerti+eg3[view] [source] 2024-04-22 20:32:02
>>pxc+3S2
This post was linked in the open letter, it explains pretty well why "don't violate any rules on paper" is insufficient: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/07/22/on-a-technicality/
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