It is quite good but anyone new to the show should know Steve plans to retire from the show after I think he said 999 or 1000. That's a little over a year from now. Hopefully they'll get someone capable to fill in.
I'm fine with both of us having different answers to those questions. I engaged initially to see if there was some new information that would change my opinion but it turned out to be the same things I've seen over the years. Thanks again and have a great day.
I respect your opinion and I'm not here to change it. All I'll say is that I feel like I've been watching/listening long enough to confidently say at his core, he's not a racist, pervert or many of the things implied by that site.
I've been a viewer/listener of the network since its inception so please understand that I'm not unbiased. I've also seen many of these incidents live as they happened and in imho, the characterization of some of these events is a bit misleading but I can see how they might have been interpreted that way. Forgive me if I don't really want to go into the nitty gritty of it.
I think he has his faults and they sometimes interfere with my enjoyment of the podcasts but if he was a truly horrible person, I don't think many of the people I respect in the tech space would associate with him offline. "A man is known by the company he keeps" often rings true to me but it has also steered me wrong at times.
All I really care about is good insightful content about the things that matter to me and (fortunately/unfortunately depending on your pov) twit is one of the few places to get the kind of long form discussion that I like.
Thank you for your post even if I disagree with it.
This was my first reaction as well but it felt like collective punishment. I think the best path forward should be setting the example we would want them to emulate even if it's naively optimistic.
The network effects are hard to overcome for a majority of people and they shouldn't be punished for it. I think most of the people in charge of large fediverse instances are hyper aware of the embrace-extend-extinguish mindset and will be wary buying into corporate versions of the fediverse. Personally, I'll remain skeptical but I won't advocate for defederating or any punitive actions without cause.
No official announcement that I know of, he's been pretty consistent about it and it seems Leo has given up trying to convince him to stay.