The DeVault report
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An investigation of Drew DeVault's history.
  •  mke   ( @mke@programming.dev ) 
    1•5 hours ago

    Ironically, the writing felt weaker than Drew’s, which led to unexpected feelings while reading. For example:

    r/preteen_girls (why this was even allowed to exist is beyond our comprehension)

    Emphasis mine. My immediate reaction was this shouldn’t be beyond comprehension to anyone who looks into Reddit’s history and culture. Silly, not even a nitpick proper—though I have one—but it got a snort from me.

    Anyway, assuming provided information is correct, seems he:

    1. Likes sexual anime-like depictions of minors
    2. Is sloppy at compartmentalizing his internet activity (or didn’t care to; why?)

    I, uh, also wonder if one can get in trouble for hosting screenshots of certain content for a report. Guess it also depends on where they’re hosting from. I hope they’re fine, because from this report and the rest of their blog, they seem to enjoy internet conflicts.

    •  ngn   ( @ngn@lemmy.ml ) OPEnglish
      4•16 hours ago

      your tldr is kinda underselling it ngl

      i also don’t like drama - but i think this is important because this report shows that drew clearly did not care about the unethical takes of stallman when he created the stallman report, the report was an attack on the FSF and the free software community in general and people were unable to recognize this when the report was first published

        •  ngn   ( @ngn@lemmy.ml ) OPEnglish
          1•5 hours ago

          nobody said stallman is fsf

          the report also targets the fsf:

          To all members of the present-day Voting Members and Board of Directors who were contemporaneous with the 2019 scandal and the associated patterns of misconduct, we urge you to step down from your posts and allow new leaders to fill your roles. Namely:

          • Alexandre Oliva
          • Geoffrey Knauth
          • Gerald Sussman
          • Henry Poole

          In particular we call upon Mr. Knauth to uphold his 2021 pledge to resign “as soon as there is a clear path for new leadership assuring continuity of the FSF’s mission and compliance with fiduciary requirements”.