(not final, awaiting mods)
Re-listed after consulting with the mod team.
Slightly off-topic, but probably a good watch if you’re doing any kind of development.
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The whole idea of even unlisting this in the first place makes me afraid of what moderation will look like in the (near) future.
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It’s also really gross that some members of the Steering Committee are delisting posts (even pending mod review) without even getting a majority vote in approval. In fact, there wasn’t even an internal discussion at all; they just took the action without any consultation.
That’s an abuse of power in my opinion, which is why I undid the delisting because it was overstepping our formal authority.
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The timing and subject of this topic is designed only to worsen the entire current situation (in a very specific direction). If the mod team is incapable of seeing this, well, good job! Maybe stepping down is not exactly a bad call…
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This is what happens when your only response to criticism is damage control and trying to put out fires rather than seeking a resolution to what caused this issue in the first place:
@tomberek joining Anduril and avoiding disclosure (still waiting for an apology rather than an excuse), most of the moderator team resigning in protest after SC overreach, SC being unable to do a vote of no-confidence.
In the future, I hope people stop seeing SC as a position of authority and prestige and rather a volunteer effort to pledge the views of the NixOS community over your own.
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My call for @roberth is not to resign, but to step away from Discourse and plan to do something fun this weekend that takes the thoughts away from all Nix matters for some time. Unlisting this thread was not the best decision, but also not a resignation-worthy choice.
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I don’t often listen to talks like these, but I found this one really nice.
This was one of the opening talks of devopsdays London 2025. At the end the speaker suggests some things to consider when creating software:
- Who does this exclude?
- Make diversity a feature
- Fight for transparency
- Speak up
- Normalise reflection
- Make a commit(ment)
End quote: “code is never neutral, but together we can make a difference”.
Not sure why this would not to be delisted. I found it enlightening. Thanks for sharing.
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Folks, if you want to have an argument about moderation, do so in the moderation category, and not on the thread for this not-directly-about-moderation video. Feel free to link to this thread from that one if you think this video makes or illustrates a relevant point.
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