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