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It is disappointing every time the next swing in Mozilla's focus further reduces the amount of resources and mindshare allocated to providing safe, trustworthy

It is disappointing every time the next swing in Mozilla's focus further reduces the amount of resources and mindshare allocated to providing safe, trustworthy and quality web browsers and related web tools. Mozilla has been hijacked for years now. Is there a way to recover the original spirit in which it was first founded?

wolpoli 4y ago
The Mozilla Foundation has no members. The directors elect the next set of directors, so the current group sets the future direction of the foundation. There isn't really a way to recover the original spirit of the foundation unless they have a change of mind. https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pdf https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pd...
throwayyy479087 4y ago
It was over after the Brendan Eich debacle
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I was supportive of getting rid of him at the time, but after seeing what that path lead to, I now think we need to just stick to business and keep people private lives out. I really don't agree with what he was doing but that shouldn't matter for the purposes of running a successful company and product. To have a functioning society we basically have to accept using products and projects from objectionable people because almost everyone is objectionable in the perspective of someone else.
- metadat 4y ago
  I wasn't familiar with this bit of history. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536 Unfortunate.. especially considering OkC is now wholly owned by Match. They stand only for making money, so the whole esposé effort effectively ended up as a no-oo.
  - BrendanEich 4y ago
    "In February 2011, OkCupid was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp, operators of Match.com, for US$50 million.[15]" [15] https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2011/02/02/little-rock-native-christian-rudder-sells-company-to-match-com-for-50-million https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2011/02/02/little-rock-na... OkC was wholly owned by the same company that owned Match in 2011, before anything in 2014 involving Mozilla. It was always all about money.

wolpoli 4y ago

The Mozilla Foundation has no members. The directors elect the next set of directors, so the current group sets the future direction of the foundation. There isn't really a way to recover the original spirit of the foundation unless they have a change of mind. https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pdf https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pd...

throwayyy479087 4y ago

It was over after the Brendan Eich debacle

Gigachad 4y ago
I was supportive of getting rid of him at the time, but after seeing what that path lead to, I now think we need to just stick to business and keep people private lives out. I really don't agree with what he was doing but that shouldn't matter for the purposes of running a successful company and product. To have a functioning society we basically have to accept using products and projects from objectionable people because almost everyone is objectionable in the perspective of someone else.
metadat 4y ago
I wasn't familiar with this bit of history. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536 Unfortunate.. especially considering OkC is now wholly owned by Match. They stand only for making money, so the whole esposé effort effectively ended up as a no-oo.
- BrendanEich 4y ago
  "In February 2011, OkCupid was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp, operators of Match.com, for US$50 million.[15]" [15] https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2011/02/02/little-rock-native-christian-rudder-sells-company-to-match-com-for-50-million https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2011/02/02/little-rock-na... OkC was wholly owned by the same company that owned Match in 2011, before anything in 2014 involving Mozilla. It was always all about money.