Philippe Beaudette wrote:
I have no opinion about Jeff - I think he
probably serves a good purpose, as the agitator, and agitators often have detractors, but
I hurt for him in this. Further, I hurt for the people who made this decision; it's
so difficult to be put in a position where you feel like you're driven to drastic
action. I wonder what it was that made them decide that our ordinary dispute resolution
steps wouldn't work here? Where is the consensus model in this? Where did we, as a
community fail? DID we, as a community fail? And, more importantly, how do we fix it to
prevent it from happening again?
I'm a little cooler about it than I was when I dfound out - this was the
first place I read about it, in fact, and I *still* haven't received
communication from the blocking admin, nor do I want it.
There's a lot I could say, but, for once, I don't have to. i'll
certainly have more to say soon, but I'll just say one thing - I saw
this situation coming ages ago. I'm part surprised it took this long,
and part surprised it happened when it did.
No use getting depressed about it, though - I've got an article to
finish bringing to featured status and all my mourning is taken up by
the cancellation of Veronica Mars anyway.
-Jeff
Well, at least it got settled quickly, and I think there was a very
quick and decisive consensus that it was a major screwup. Seems to me to
be more one person shooting first and asking questions later than any
type of cabal-there was sure no cabal coming out to support it, I don't
think -anyone- did.
(As to Veronica Mars, what the hell is with that? Why do they always
cancel the few shows that don't suck after just a few seasons, but
Survivor runs forever?)