CoC proponents and committees talk with angel tongues about their good intentions. In practice, it comes down to roughly 3-5 people who play the "deciders". Her

CoC proponents and committees talk with angel tongues about their good intentions. In practice, it comes down to roughly 3-5 people who play the "deciders". Here's a well known result of power abuse: https://www.fast.ai/2020/10/28/code-of-conduct/ https://www.fast.ai/2020/10/28/code-of-conduct/ Most cancellations are plain abuses of power, with no fair hearing (or no hearing at all!) of both sides. Characteristically, these power grabs occur when languages are done and people (representing their corporations) fight for the pieces. And they fight dirty.