The moderation team brought this thread to our attention as the latest example in an ongoing controversy in the community and they escalated the decision to us so that we can provide them clearer guidance for how to proceed going forward. Our moderation team has done an admirable job, but this controversy has escalated beyond the point where moderation actions alone can resolve this.
To that end, the Steering Committee is banning Anduril from recruiting on Discourse. We will leave this specific thread up and locked (to record this decision), but the moderation team has been instructed to remove future Anduril job posts on Discourse.
We are still working on crafting a more general policy with clear rules that don’t single out any one company. Nonetheless, we make this decision today as we work to establish more permanent guidelines.
We still believe that moderation is essential to keeping these discussions productive. Even though Anduril has been a staple of many recent controversies, so have many community members who have repeatedly posted inflammatory comments. We have advised the Moderation Team to more proactively moderate such behavior.
We are grateful to those who reached out to us in addition to the moderation team. As always, if you have any concerns, you can contact us via:
- Email: steering@nixos.org,
- Discourse,
- or by reaching out to any individual SC member.
— SC