Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project, effective immediately

Re:Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project... by 1_player on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:40PM (#21103850)

FWIW I have never heard of Sarah Mei until today. I had a quick look at her Twitter account. There must be over 100 tweets and retweets about Stallman and the FSF over 10 days, that's when I stopped scrolling.

I have no horse in this race, this is too much of a hot topic to take a stance about personally, but I can't say I'm enjoying the modern viral Twitter shit-storm phenomenon very much.

The loudest campaign, wrong or right, wins by deafening everybody and amplifying their moral stance through that platform.

I have nothing against Mei personally, but I _loathe_ the modern Twitter driven moralism. Does everything have to be a crusade?

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Re:Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project... by tptacek on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:50PM (#21103899)

People have literally written the same thing about me and DNSSEC, both here and on Twitter. If you don't want to pay attention to Sarah Mei, you don't have to. People are allowed to decide what they care about, and to advocate for those things.

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