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If you read the thread there's an exchange with the CEO of W3C that is a touch 'flamey'. I think the title perfectly describes what I was reading, really intere

• larkeith 8y ago
  He also gets called out on it, in a rather satisfying manner: > othermaciej commented 2 days ago • edited 2 days ago > @jeffjaffe As someone who is neither you or @michaelchampion , I read your response to him as dismissive and insulting, and it seems to have stopped @chaals from answering his legitimate question. The tone reads like you are addressing an unruly underling, rather than a key stakeholder. If that was not your intent, you may want to recalibrate your tone. Perhaps not altogether relevant, but certainly interesting seeing the amount of conflict that's popped up in the discussion.
• mattur 8y ago
  The machinations behind this have being going on for years, and go much deeper. Two chairs of the W3C's Web Platform Working Group, who both also happen to be members of the W3C Advisory Board which oversees the W3C Process, appear to have decided it's fine for them to routinely ignore the W3C Process. Both these individuals seem to be using their positions in the W3C to pursue some kind of personal vendetta. Of course, in theory the W3C Process exists to prevent this kind of thing from happening. One of these individuals also happens to be a W3C ex-staffer. You can read a somewhat unfavourable summary of this ongoing farcical situation (by a current W3C staff member) here: https://freenode.logbot.info/whatwg/20160614#c998179 https://freenode.logbot.info/whatwg/20160614#c998179