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someone called some indeterminate anonymous corporate group of people who actively participate in enshittification of a product “losers”. you call that specific private individual “rotten”.

i’m really twisting my finger at the temple here.





Read this entire thread. There are over two dozen links with Andrew's own words and bullying behavior provided by other commenters.

This is only the billionth time he's said something like this. He's apologized for it in the past and said he'd change, but it clearly didn't stick.

He's a jerk and a bully like Linus.

This is the guy setting culture at Zig, which is undoubtedly why five people responded to me in this thread with homophobic remarks. His community feels emboldened to do that.

When your leader breaks the Code of Conduct and attacks people, it probably feels like a safe space for all sorts of hatred and vile behavior.

Totally toxic.

Andrew has had a chance to read this thread by now. He's had a chance to reflect on the awful things people have said. Ball's in his court.


and this vision is enough to excuse targetting a person as “rotten”. in all your professed moral acuity.

others are shaming. many could, if not agree, at least understand that. you’re calling “rotten”. wtf man.


Familiarize yourself with the idiom. It's commonly used to describe tech companies and organizations with bad leadership:

https://www.theidioms.com/fish-rots-from-the-head-down/

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fish-rot-from-the-head-d...

It's commonly used in journalism:

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/373487-the-white-hou...

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/xi-jinping-chin...

This implies Zig culture is being poisoned by Andrew.

He's the leader, and everyone looks to him. If he behaves like an asshole, and few people call him out or hold him accountable, everyone else thinks that's okay. You then see other members of the community behaving in a similar manner.

Toxic culture breeds toxic behavior and people.

You don't see other open source communities doing this.

Like I said, "rotten from the head". The idiom is appropriate.


wow, and you’re still defending yourself with a lecture on how your words should be interpreted in such good faith. in this situation. and, to add to that, comparing to two dictators who separate children from their parents and close people in labour camps.

keep believing you fit the moral standard and insight to emotional nuance to impart your judgments onto others.


This thread contains ample evidence of his habitual behavior and if you lack the empathy to understand, that's on you.

He's a bully and you're an enabler of that bullying by defending this behavior.


And a tu quoque without even knowing my opinion on the matter and calling me an enabler for calling out the irony of your responses, hiding your personal aggressiveness behind a veil of moral superiority. I will refrain from continuing on this thread, good luck with this pain you carry, I hope you find something positively creative to alleviate it.



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