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  • He may well be referring to my posts and the chaos that ensued in the comments thereof. You have a valid point. However, Ernest’s communication has up to now not been very consistent, both timing and content wise. It makes sense he hasn’t given updates, for the time being, as he didn’t have any real improvements to announce, unlike this one, to prevent another escalation. Not the best strategy, but given the odds of a similar situation arising again, understandable. You are already part of a similar discussion it would have started and it would have been over nothing. At least now he had some (good) news to announce. I would not likely have responded though, I haven’t really paid much attention since the last time. Once again I was attracted by the notification of a message, on matrix this time, leading me to have a look at what’s going on. I am saying this because some people were convinced I was stalking and harassing Ernest last time, to give you an impression of what chaos he is likely referring to. Of course odds are something would have triggered my attention and I would have, as I said I won’t be silenced. But other people have taken the lead this time.

    Let’s hope Ernest really is doing better and will do as he says, so we can forget about the past.




  • Well then. I don’t know what happened here. I was asked about this situation so I linked here, to find, to my surprise, that my final comment is missing.

    This is a month ago now and I don’t want to continue the thread, but also do not like my comments going missing. So here is my response to the above

    
    I understand your response, if I would stumble across this just new I'd respond the same.
    
    This situation had been going on for months and this was in fact the first time ever that Ernest has properly responded to a message, anywhere, from anyone, since he went silent. So I took this opportunity to ask questions and get answers from him. A lot of people had already given up or lost interest, but I wanted to know for sure.
    
    I was undecided up to now, but have always expressed my serious doubts about whether a person like him is suitable as a leader of a project like this. Not because of his personality, I am sure he's an awesome guy, but because of his lack of professionalism when things go wrong. Don't get me wrong, I felt very sorry for him all along, he was in a terrible position, no doubt about that and as I've said before I fully sympathize with him. But he should not have dragged the project and its community down with him. I'm glad he's climbing back up again and with him his loyal supporters.
    
    What this entire roller-coaster ride, including this thread, has demonstrated to me over the past few months is, sadly, that should something go wrong again, it will very likely happen in the exact same way.
    
    That for me removes all doubt; I conclude that he is not a suitable leader. I am sorry to say it but it's the way it is.
    
    There is no grievance, but if this all sounds like waa waa babies to you I can fully understand. People were not pleased by the bad code being planted so that kind of set the tone and I understand I sounded like I was trying to make him sound bad. Everything I've said to and/or asked about him is based on reality, however.
    
    It makes sense to me it came across as reactionary, but it's done now. A lot was cleared up for me, all doubt has been removed. Let's all move on with whichever version we prefer and make this great project better than ever
    
    












  • @tchambers this question is for everyone, I am tagging the owner as it may concern you as well. I have a few questions.

    First of all, this is looking great and I can imagine this platform is under a lot of stress due to the mass migration form Reddit. Keep up the good work!

    -Will it be possible to set the add type to photo only for /m/RimWorldPorn
    -What is the maximum allowed filesize/resolution?
    -I have almost 1000 renders on /r/reddit. Can those all be posted on /m/RimWorldPorn? (I have them stored locally)
    -Less important: would it be possible to use square thumbnails?

    thank you!