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| − | + | "[https://srid.ca/nixos-woke NixOS Woke Invasion]" is an article by Sridhar Ratnakumar (srid) written on June 16, 2024 making the claim that the NixOS community was gradually invaded by wokeness since 2021.<ref>Some conversation on [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nursing-a-thriving-community/12742 discourse.nixos.org], 2021-04-28, suggesting a change in rhetoric.</ref><ref>Some conversation on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/120729#discussion_r621116027 github.com], 2021-04-27, suggesting a change in rhetoric.</ref> | |
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| − | + | The article builds a timeline of events that mainly involve people who have been banned from the NixOS platforms (GitHub, Discourse, Matrix), or resigned from the moderation team or the NixOS Foundation board during 2024, as part of related conflicts. Significantly, it highlights the event of Eelco Dolstra stepping down from the NixOS Foundation board after an outlash<ref>"[https://x.com/sridca/status/1782200842571198962 Eelco Dolstra's leadership is corrosive to the Nix project]", screenshots on Twitter/X, 2024-04-22, from https://save-nix-together.org and elsewhere, questioning Eelco Dolstra as a leader.</ref>, banning the the authors of [https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/175 RFC 175], and banning the author srid themselves. | |
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| − | + | * Sridhar Ratnakumar (srid): for upsetting people in online discussions | |
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 12 May 2025
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NixOS Woke Invasion
"NixOS Woke Invasion" is an article by Sridhar Ratnakumar (srid) written on June 16, 2024 making the claim that the NixOS community was gradually invaded by wokeness since 2021.[1][2]
The article builds a timeline of events that mainly involve people who have been banned from the NixOS platforms (GitHub, Discourse, Matrix), or resigned from the moderation team or the NixOS Foundation board during 2024, as part of related conflicts. Significantly, it highlights the event of Eelco Dolstra stepping down from the NixOS Foundation board after an outlash[3], banning the the authors of RFC 175, and banning the author srid themselves.
Notable bans
While others were banned before and since, the story mentions the following:
- Sridhar Ratnakumar (srid): for upsetting people in online discussions
- David Arnold (blaggacao): *(no documented reason)*
- Jon Ringer: for upsetting people in online discussions
- nrdxp, apcodes: presumably for submitting RFC 175.
Moderation team resignations
Just a few hours after the PR for RFC 175 was opened, several moderators began to resign from the team:
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2024-04-26 | Ryan Mulligan |
| 2024-04-28 | piegames |
| 2024-05-01 | rhendric (Ryan Hendrickson) |
As of May 2nd, 2024, this leaves `hexa` and the newly-joined `lassulus` as the only moderators.
RFC 175
nrdxp wrote of their experiences of submitting RFC 175:
- ↑ Some conversation on discourse.nixos.org, 2021-04-28, suggesting a change in rhetoric.
- ↑ Some conversation on github.com, 2021-04-27, suggesting a change in rhetoric.
- ↑ "Eelco Dolstra's leadership is corrosive to the Nix project", screenshots on Twitter/X, 2024-04-22, from https://save-nix-together.org and elsewhere, questioning Eelco Dolstra as a leader.