Claim: the community acts on its own and is not representative Action: make a Reddit poll and say it’s representative I don’t even visit Reddit ten times per year I think… ________________________________ From: Natasha Ament <stacheldrahtje@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, July 7, 2023 9:48:28 PM To: Günter Dachs <gdachse@gmx.de> Cc: Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose@gmail.com>; project@lists.opensuse.org <project@lists.opensuse.org> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Transparency and decision making in the openSUSE community Hi Günter, So basically you're forcing the board to put up a poll? By what right do you assert this authority? You're constantly talking about the community this and the community that. The problem is though you're entirely missing the point. The community is also there to protect the weak and excluded. The mere presence of a flag shouldn't be a problem as you're all for a good and strong community, right? Seeing your comments about the community I can only arrive at one conclusion. You're concerned for only a small part of the community and the rest is of no concern to you. A reddit poll is hardly a reflection of the community at large, and you sure know that. As for the 'neutrality' you crave, it does not exist. Neutrality is a way of allowing bullying to occur and say it's not your problem. Well, I have a problem with that, as you might have guessed. I urge you to do some soul searching to find out why you feel the need for all this theatrics. Regards, Natasha Op vr 7 jul 2023 om 15:12 schreef Günter Dachs <gdachse@gmx.de>:
The "results" of the reddit poll are anything but official and do not "speak for themselves". A reddit poll is not the community either and can very easily be skewed in any direction one chooses.
We are all aware of this. It has been repeatedly mentioned and acknowledged from my side. I repeatedly said I'm fine if someone comes up with an official and trustworthy way to ask the community.
What I'm not fine with is ignoring the community in favour of the opinion of a few people.
Just because you dislike something doesn't make you right.
What exactly are you referring to?