It's Even Worse Than Microsoft Lunduke Puts It; GNOME is SLAPPing Journalists
Moments ago (he had also pointed out that GNOME is operating at a massive loss, rendering it unsustainable)
Just to be clear, we are not "endorsing" Microsoft Lunduke in any way (we never did; au contraire!), but something that he said merits addition, not correction. In our experience, GNOME is so malicious - some elements of it in particular - that it would launch multiple simultaneous SLAPP campaigns not only against journalists but also their spouses. See for example:
- GNOME, Microsoft, and GitHub: The Lack of Reporting on Abusive Colleagues Contributed to Profound Media Vacuum (or Blackout), Now Resorting to SLAPPs
- Microsoft Has Tainted GNOME, Which Has Key People Acting as a SLAPP Front Against Techrights (Trying to Censor the Site by Extortion and Many Threats)
- The Issue Isn't GNOME's Promotion of Diversity But GNOME Corruption, Abuse, Censorship, and Worse
- Arrested: Albanian Outreachy whistleblowers, Sonny Piers GNOME & Debian connections
- Big Trouble in GNOME
- GNOME Foundation and OSI Move on to 'Extend' Phase Against the Free Software Definition (or Against Software Freedom)
- GNOME Does Not Campaign Against Microsoft, KDE Does
- GNOME Has a Long History (Over a Decade) Misusing the Code of Conduct (CoC) to Censor (Cull) Legitimate Technical Criticism
- GNOME Foundation Says It's Nearly Broke (Again), It's Getting Rid of More People (Only Women Get the Boot), and It Will Improve Communications and Transparency Even Though It Secretly Ousts People From the GNOME Foundation Board (for Secret Reasons)
Banning journalists is one thing; attacking them is another. GNOME started in Mexico, so it inherits a tradition of efforts to murder journalists. The first few chiefs of GNOME became Microsoft employees - hardly a surprise to us. █
