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This is toxic as hell. I have no idea how true it is, but even if I was willing to assume it is, you're complaining about a fixed problem instead of praising th

This is toxic as hell. I have no idea how true it is, but even if I was willing to assume it is, you're complaining about a fixed problem instead of praising the new person for doing a good job and focusing on the things important to you. This context frame is how someone focused on the wrong things was in a leadership position. Where a significant portion of people bike shedding something unrelated to the specific topic. Complain about something that actually matters, or even better praise something that's actually valuable (to help people figure out what's actually worth their time). But don't be a dick about a resolved issue just because you still want to be angry.

lurking15 2y ago
> This is toxic as hell. I think it's not toxic, and long overdue that open source isn't hijacked by overt political activism of a certain persuasion that's led to a decade+ of stagnation and so much wasted money (on CEO pay, etc.).
soundnote 2y ago
No, I am praising the new person. They get work done, and I love to see it. When Baker was boss, the browser stagnated, removed good features, and focused more on being a front for her activism, like the moronic "Independent Voices" thing where they hired a sneaker designer to make time-limited color themes to celebrate how "color can change the culture" and gave them cringe names like "Activist" and "Expressionist" instead of blue and yellow. It's under Baker that Mozilla went yeah, we actually like censorship and would like feeds to amplify the sources we like, because users seeing what they want to see on the 'net is bad, Mozilla's Friends doing it is Good. Baker's out, and within about twenty seconds there was an announcement that they've prioritized working on tab groups and vertical tabs, something that actually makes the browser better for the user. Of course I'm going to shit on Baker. She deserves all of it, and I'm beyond glad Firefox has someone who understands they should make a tool for users at the helm.

lurking15 2y ago

> This is toxic as hell. I think it's not toxic, and long overdue that open source isn't hijacked by overt political activism of a certain persuasion that's led to a decade+ of stagnation and so much wasted money (on CEO pay, etc.).

soundnote 2y ago

No, I am praising the new person. They get work done, and I love to see it. When Baker was boss, the browser stagnated, removed good features, and focused more on being a front for her activism, like the moronic "Independent Voices" thing where they hired a sneaker designer to make time-limited color themes to celebrate how "color can change the culture" and gave them cringe names like "Activist" and "Expressionist" instead of blue and yellow. It's under Baker that Mozilla went yeah, we actually like censorship and would like feeds to amplify the sources we like, because users seeing what they want to see on the 'net is bad, Mozilla's Friends doing it is Good. Baker's out, and within about twenty seconds there was an announcement that they've prioritized working on tab groups and vertical tabs, something that actually makes the browser better for the user. Of course I'm going to shit on Baker. She deserves all of it, and I'm beyond glad Firefox has someone who understands they should make a tool for users at the helm.