I was around in the Clojure reddit when Rich's gist was published. It was centered around a really, really specific scenario: A well-experienced community memb

I was around in the Clojure reddit when Rich's gist was published. It was centered around a really, really specific scenario: A well-experienced community member had a strong following: wrote many libraries, articles, and even started contributing to core. Over time, they had more and more thoughts about how Clojure core should work and what the priorities should be. After some inciting incident, he used his reputation to start rallying his followers on social media against the maintainers and leadership to push for his way. That's what sparked that post as Rich felt it was unacceptable to rally people against the maintainers and leadership because you did not get your way in a PR or discussion. I can see where he's coming from as I wouldn't want open-source projects to be ran by the person who can drum up the biggest and meanest mob either. Personally, I wish it was handled with more tact on both sides but eh, no one is perfect.