Invited to comment, DHH referred The Register to a blog post he published last month, accusing "the last loonies on tech's woke island" of calling everyone "a nazi" as an excuse to do violence – this was in the weeks following the assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. "We're sharing this not just for visibility, but also because we want your help in identifying other organizations we can sponsor to help support open source software and hardware development among a broader base of developers and makers and to amplify our mission," wrote Patel, without addressing the fractious forum thread. What we found was that there were past failures in moderation early in the creation of the project that had resulted in a toxic community, that the project lead vaxry had overhauled moderation years ago as a result, and that the community as it currently stands does not represent the one in which the issues occurred.
Author: Thomas Claburn
Published at: 2025-10-14 21:38:04
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