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You're phrasing of "sunlight to disinfect the voting process" is rather disgusting personally... You try to twist something that's quite horrible, namely voter

You're phrasing of "sunlight to disinfect the voting process" is rather disgusting personally... You try to twist something that's quite horrible, namely voter corruption through public opinion as if it is somehow "disinfecting" anything. The mob mentality of the internet is best kept away from any voting base.

pydry 5y ago
These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. It is not "disgusting" that we be allowed to question their decisions. Every introduction of democracy or futherance of democracy has been castigated by autocrats as rule by mob. The sickening irony here is that it looks like this was done to try and protect the identities of members of the mob who tried and failed to cancel Stallman.
- ahtihn 5y ago
  > These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. Since when do Debian developers owe the public anything? They don't represent you, they don't owe you anything and you are absolutely not in a position to demand anything from them. If you're not happy with how the project is run, you're free to use something else. If you want developers to be accountable to you, you can hire them and make them sign a contract.
  - Anthony-G 5y ago
    Individualised contracts wouldn’t scale well for Debian’s user-base. Luckily, there’s no need for that. The Debian project considers itself to be a community rather than a business. According to the Debian social contract¹, > We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. > We will place their interests first in our priorities. Another one of their stated values is: > We will not hide problems ¹ https://www.debian.org/social_contract https://www.debian.org/social_contract
- mlindner 5y ago
  > These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. They're only "on your behalf" if you had a part in picking them. Did you vote for or nominate them? If not, no they are not working on your behalf and you have no right to see how they vote.
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azornathogron 5y ago
The phrase "sunlight is the best disinfectant" has a fairly long history [1], having been used in both metaphorical and literal senses. [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/09/22/sunlight/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/09/22/sunlight/
- mxmilkiib 5y ago
  Also stuff like https://sunlightfoundation.com https://sunlightfoundation.com
pessimizer 5y ago
Would you also support the votes of Congresspeople or MPs being secret?

pydry 5y ago

These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. It is not "disgusting" that we be allowed to question their decisions. Every introduction of democracy or futherance of democracy has been castigated by autocrats as rule by mob. The sickening irony here is that it looks like this was done to try and protect the identities of members of the mob who tried and failed to cancel Stallman.

ahtihn 5y ago
> These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. Since when do Debian developers owe the public anything? They don't represent you, they don't owe you anything and you are absolutely not in a position to demand anything from them. If you're not happy with how the project is run, you're free to use something else. If you want developers to be accountable to you, you can hire them and make them sign a contract.
- Anthony-G 5y ago
  Individualised contracts wouldn’t scale well for Debian’s user-base. Luckily, there’s no need for that. The Debian project considers itself to be a community rather than a business. According to the Debian social contract¹, > We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. > We will place their interests first in our priorities. Another one of their stated values is: > We will not hide problems ¹ https://www.debian.org/social_contract https://www.debian.org/social_contract
mlindner 5y ago
> These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day. They're only "on your behalf" if you had a part in picking them. Did you vote for or nominate them? If not, no they are not working on your behalf and you have no right to see how they vote.

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azornathogron 5y ago

The phrase "sunlight is the best disinfectant" has a fairly long history [1], having been used in both metaphorical and literal senses. [1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/09/22/sunlight/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/09/22/sunlight/

mxmilkiib 5y ago
Also stuff like https://sunlightfoundation.com https://sunlightfoundation.com

pessimizer 5y ago

Would you also support the votes of Congresspeople or MPs being secret?