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· Föderation · Fr 02.05.2025 00:46:35 @delta whoa back up i'm speaking as a developer myself and wasn't suggesting any comparisons to police states. many free-software and nonprofit projects have fallen to mismanagement in the past though. it's fair for you (all people contributing to DC) to assume you won't do anything wrong, but it's a matter of fact that any private side-channel reduces trust from your community and increases opportunities for sudden unexplained changes in how the org is managed. this happened with audacity, with freenode, with many examples i can't care to list out here, but at this point you should get the idea of what i mean. i'm not trying to fearmonger. |
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Föderation · Fr 02.05.2025 00:47:15 @delta on top of that, your reply did not actually tell me why my suggestion was a bad one. |
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Föderation · Fr 02.05.2025 00:53:02 @delta you using language like "attackers" to describe "onlookers" illustrates that much more why i think you're avoiding accountability, rather than have a strong counterargument to my suggestion. personally, i like to hold my discussions in public with other project members, so those onlookers can comment (in better-suited places) if they want to point out something we may have missed, that affects our community's ability to stay with us, use our project or services, and be able to recommend it to others. you're cutting yourselves off by doing the opposite. |
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Föderation EN Fr 02.05.2025 01:14:01 As to attacks:, there is legal prosecution and repression for some in our community, also towards several user groups we communicate with. We will not make this public even though it influences our designs. A lot of our FOSS work is public. Many contributors engage also in the forum, and discuss current considerations. Lastly, whether people feel welcome and can understand and influence the project, participate in its various directions, is best determined by those involved. |
