Seriously if the community is really a community then it will pop up in another form. If not then it was never really a community to begin with.
I agree with Brad that this isn't something I want to condone. In fact if people stopped using services with mgmt like this more often then crap like this might disappear. We vote with our feet I say. On Fri, Nov 25, 2016, 07:45 Eric Black <eblac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brad, > > Again I want to applaud the phenomenal job the moderation staff does on > /r/golang. The team really makes it a useful resource. It's become a daily > part of my routine as well as countless others. > > Seeing how this thread has blown up I would like to suggest we put this to > some sort of vote if the move is to actually remove the sub. I would argue > that it's a valuable resource for many people. As other have noted there's > a substantial user base and I fear that if the sub is removed it will > negatively impact the community. My opinion is that since this highly > debated, polarizing topic, having some form of closure or an official > discourse of some kind to make sure the decision is very intentional and > clearly stated. > > You're also mentioning association with the official golang organization, > so things get a bit muddy there (I think?) as far as how a vote would work. > I appreciate you reaching out to a larger audience. Is there an official > way to do this, or is one needed? > > I would be interested in hearing what your and others thoughts are on this. > > > - Eric > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick <bradf...@golang.org> > wrote: > > To be clear, this is just my opinion. Nothing is happening immediately > here. I want to talk with all the existing moderators first. > > I also want to understand whether the Go project considers /r/golang an > official space. The fact that the sidebar says "If you encounter an issue, > please mail cond...@golang.org" suggests to me that it IS an official > space. > > If it's NOT an official space, and if all moderators want to leave, then > the decision is easy: give it to new moderators and let whatever happens > happen. > > But if Go DOES consider it an official space, then I would argue it > shouldn't be. I no longer think the platform is a good place to be > associated with. And in this case, we need to decide what to do with > /r/golang (make it private, delete it, pass on ownership and request that > it be labeled unofficial in the sidebar, etc). > > I understand there are many users there. I was one of them. There are many > things I like about the Reddit UI and voting system. I would love to see a > replacement available first before we decide on anything. > > I probably should've started this thread in private with the other > moderators so I had more information to share when I mailed golang-nuts@. > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Brad Fitzpatrick <bradf...@golang.org> > wrote: > > In light of the CEO of Reddit admitting to editing user comments (see > dozen news stories today), I propose we delete the /r/golang subreddit. > > That is so beyond unethical and immature, I no longer want anything to do > with that site. I will be deleting my account on Reddit after backing up my > content, and I will no longer be a moderator of /r/golang. > > If other moderators of /r/golang feel strongly that it should remain, I > suppose you're welcome to keep it going. > > But if the other moderators want to abandon it and focus our conversation > elsewhere (or build a replacement), I'm happy to just delete /r/golang. > > Opinions? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
