What *really* pisses me off about the whole #Matrix situation isn't the problems that they have, it's not the funding model, it's not even them ignoring years of warnings from the community, really.
It's that they seem deathly afraid to ever honestly admit that they've made a serious error in judgment on project governance, and every single thing they put out is PR spin that tries to reframe the situation like circumstances forced them to do these things, like they've done the best they can - when they absolutely fucking didn't.
Like, the whole thing is on the verge of bankrupcy and collapse, and they are *still* spinning bullshit yarns about how that massive matrix.org homeserver was only ever meant as a starting point, when anyone who has looked at the evidence for five minutes would know differently and tons of people warned them of exactly this outcome.
I have had tens, if not hundreds of long discussions with old-guard core Matrix folks and *not once* have they shown willing to admit fault on *literally anything*, it is always someone or something else's fault and solutions are always just around the corner
(To clarify, there were definitely people involved in Matrix years ago who *did* recognize these issues. But they weren't the ones with the power to change things)
And yeah I've definitely stopped being polite or friendly about this shit, the people in question have had plenty of opportunity and offers of assistance to turn things around, so now all you get is complaining
@joepie91 nuclear fusion is only 20 years away, just like 20 years ago.
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@joepie91 leadership with massive ambitions, underserved confidence, and an inability to listen to their community? wow, this is a completely unique situation and we could not have seen this coming
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@clarfonthey The worst part is that those ambitions were actually viable. Were, because they've thoroughly ruined those chances through mismanagement
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@joepie91 I dunno, my opinion is that the technical ambitions were viable, but they were drowned out by "greater" ambitions of becoming The Thing everyone uses, and drowning in funding
Just fucking admit that you fucked up for once, cowards, and then we can start *actually honestly* talking about the reforms needed to keep this ship from sinking