Post #4857406 · Elektrine

2026-09-26 12:22 UTC

KDE is open, diverse and accepting and we have the track record to prove it. Please come join us and see for yourself. I call you liars. Your recent actions has showed that you are all but inclusive. So far what I've seen from your side was disrespect, undeserved virtue signaling (like the post I'm commenting), and dogwhistling. I consider you unaccountable in your behaviour. Without reverting your recent actions (particularly a petty ban spree performed by the holder of the KDE mastodon account), your apologies and declarations are empty. Deeds not words. The image is a screenshot of toot from: https://floss.social/@kde/117325537492794402

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@agturcz@circumstances.run 2026-09-26 13:26

Also, later in the thread: If you believe that KDE is on the wrong path, the beauty of F/LOSS is that there are other projects available. We cordially invite you to try them out and support them. If you feel that way, you should also save your donations to KDE for worthier causes. The best kind of correct, technically correct. Like, yes, indeed, I fully agree with this statement. We have limited resources, and we should be careful about how we allocate them. This is a very good advice. But... Such advice being given by potential recipient of such resources, being a subject of an ongoing controversy, gives strong vibes of privilege and arrogance. It has exactly the same vibe as a Linus Torvalds suggesting a fork of Linux kernel. How to say "fuck off, we don't care about you" without saying "fuck off, we don't care about you".

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