The bigger picture, as always, is the lack of transparency in governance and decision making. If the last 5 years have shown us anything its that the BDFL model just doesn’t cut it when it’s a piece of software powering most of the web.

You can’t argue that the people who ‘show up’ are the ones who get a say, and then hide behind the ecosystem ‘even if 10,000 people’s find their voice. And with more and more alienating decisions happening happening behind closed doors, even that facade is shattering.