Comment by zaraGaj

There used to be a culture of respect for talent and work in OSS. That is gone in many projects. Python for example is now run by repressive bureaucrats who abuse the infrastructure to intimidate and coerce people. Those who do not obey are slandered, libeled and banned, so they have no recourse to defend themselves against the libel.

Python is a great example how OSS can be stolen by a small dominant clique that is active on Twitter (now Mastodon) and markets themselves as leaders while having done very little actual work in the past 15 years.

All of this is enabled by Python's propaganda arm, the PSF, which is filled to the brim with mediocre members, most of whom haven't done anything at all but who brag with @psf in their Mastodon and GitHub bios.

It is all smoke and mirrors now.