Matthew Britton wrote:
(1) Does Jimbo *really* have a "trustworthy"
list?
(2) Am I on it?
(3) Where do I apply to get on this super-sekrit "really trustworthy"
list? It sounds fun. Will there be tea and biscuits?
Traditionally, we eat Stroopwafels from the Netherlands. :-)
Basically, I think we have here the clearest evidence that Kelly has
crossed the line from respectable critic into complete troll. It does
not matter what I do or say, she interprets it according to her own history.
She draws comparisons to Scientology and tells such obvious lies as
"...Jimbo has declared me a "suppressive person" and is expecting others
to act accordingly." And she is shocked when people question her honesty.
I have done no such thing, nor have I done many other things she accuses
me of.
She seems perplexed by my request that anyone who thinks it is a good
idea to send posts to her please contact me to explain it. For her,
even this simple request is evidence of cultishness.
Wikimedia runs on a culture of trust, trust that we all have worked very
hard to earn with each other. That trust is violated when people who
are on an internal mailing list start sending posts, not just to a few
friends, not just a little bit of loose lips... that's not a problem.
But sending to someone who makes incredibly vicious personal attacks as
a matter of routine on her blog.
To me, that's pretty remarkable. And someone must have a pretty
remarkable reason for doing it.
They can assume that I don't care, contrary to many years of long
evidence, or they can assume that, gee, if you think things are that
bad, you should just come to me and talk about it.
--Jimbo