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nostr:nprofile1qqs8fulj5cqntnj9e2khdps5j9cmjuq65zut3vk75g4zfv5qlkced5spzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7k52l4f you have anx thoughts on this?

lol that was a funny typo

This is all about some pronoun issue or what?

“The NixOS “Moderation Mass Resignation” story is fascinating. It provides a clear case study in how political activists can infiltrate an organization (in this case, an Open Source project) and effect mass change (censorship, leadership, rules, and even contributor “purges”) with zero accountability or oversight. The NixOS project allowed for the creation of a “Moderation Team” which did not report to… anyone. Yet it had broad power to censor and ban any user or contributor of the project. For any reason. Who appoints new members of the NixOS “Moderation Team”, you ask? They’re not elected. Nor are they appointed by anyone who *is* elected. The existing “Moderation Team” chooses who the new members are. And nobody else has any say over it. They are, in effect, shadow government. Near total control over all users and contributors, and over all discussions. Zero accountability. The result is exactly what you would expect. Mass bannings of people who are political “undesirables”, banning of people based on personal relationships, and extreme censorship of any criticism of the “Moderation Team”. Heck. NixOS even banned me (a Tech Journalist not involved with the project) from all NixOS properties (Git, Forums, etc.) even though I didn’t use them. They did so as a precautionary measure… an attempt to restrict reporting of their activities where possible. And NixOS is not alone. The same (or similar) “Moderation Team” type structures exist in many major Open Source projects and foundations.” - @lundukejournal on X

Bye commies

Has anyone done a serious write up or deep dive on this story? I’d love to read it if you know of one out there. Great cautionary tale

Lunduke does a good job covering the woke rot in many open source projects. https://lunduke.substack.com/p/nixos-mod-team-mass-resigns-in-protest

I was today years old when I learned nixos' log is also a butthole.

What is this about?

The benevolent dictator model for OSS is the best model. It either fails fast, succeeds, or if the software is good enough, will splinter into many forks until a capable benevolent dictator is found.