That's appeal to authority but if you're accusing the other person's opinion of being meaningless because they're not in your "expert" category, it's also ad hominem You have me muted because you're a glowie, so I guess you won't see this

I don’t think you’re in on some grand conspiracy, but the fact you won’t consider (publicly at least) the issues that aren’t filter related is… 🤔 Is it that: - You don’t want to risk your future Core contributions being rejected for not towing the line? - You want to keep the argument centered on filters so it’s easy to dismiss Knots as stupid? - You know something we don’t? It doesn’t need to be that all Core devs are in on it. There’s enough concern just with Todd, Lopp and Citrea and the way it seems hastily forced through despite objections. As I said before: View quoted note →

Straw man. Not your argument. >covered in its own feces >struggles to tie shoes, evoking antisemitism, etc. Not saying there’s a grand conspiracy. Just pointing out the efforts to educate as to why core > knots have been lacking.