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Mark Dingemanse

Interesting to see #OSI manufacture a problem about people reaching out to others, saying they should rather do this "on our forums where we provide community management and moderation support" lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1014603

Last I checked (during the #OSAID snafu Sep/Oct 2024), the OSI forums were so tightly moderated that no sane and open discussion could take place anymore. The crackdown was very effective in letting reform-minded community members know their contributions weren't welcome

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Candidates can engage with their fellow affiliates on our forums where we provide community management and moderation support, and in other public settings where our affiliates have opted to sign up and publicly engage.
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Mark Dingemanse

I will add that it was done in a cleverly ambiguous manner, with ample public references to behaviour that made unspecified others feel "unsafe" and pointers to "community guidelines" — while behind the scenes, threads were closed and good faith critical contributions remained unaccountably stuck in moderation queues, with the "system" account simply failing to respond to requests for clarification

They rehearsed how to minimize visible dissent, and surely use the same tactics now

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Michael Downey 🧢

@dingemansemark Done as recently as a couple days ago:

discuss.opensource.org/t/poll-

OSI Discuss · Poll: was your vote in the 2025 board election thrown awayHi @iank, Please, refrain from posting topics using this tone. We are open to a civil conversation. We don’t “throw” votes away, but as a voter it’s very reasonable for you to ask your candidates why they ran if they didn’t intend on joining the Board by signing the agreement and thus becoming ineligible. If you’re confused by the Scotish STV voting method, we are happy to clarify. We can’t tally for ineligible candidates, because you don’t just move on to the next person down the list. You h...
Mar 24, 2025, 11:25 AM·Public
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