Virgil Griffith (Special Projects Lead at the Ethereum Foundation) on Twitter: "It seems entirely reasonable for people working predominantly on non-ETH work to not be a mod on r/ethereum. In fact, I'd even recommend it." Words of wisdom for Ryan Zurrer.
It is hard to imagine why this would be considered controversial.
Polychain, Polkadot, etc... Stop wasting our time.
Came from your other post - looks like this thread only comes up from your direct link. I think youre onto something with P3W3. We need transparency here.
I am leaving a meeting with an Ethereum project I'm supporting right now. The line between working on Ethereum and other projects that support Ethereum have blurred for many of us in the space and will continue to do so.
I understand the reaction of fear to new ways/proposals. However, Polkadot is NOT a smart contract platform. It's synergistic to Ethereum imho and is an experiment for new things and there is no reason why we can't collaborate (the W3F is a co-founder of the ECF for example).
If someone worked outside of crypto than they can't be a mod? I've been a supporter since day one and continue to be. I never called Ethereum a sinking ship and never stopped supporting and working in/on Ethereum. The allegations to the otherwise are nether fair nor are in line with reality.
If the reddit r/Ethereum community doesn’t want you to be a mod, then shouldn’t you just abdicate? Even if you are being genuine, no one here can trust your word without second guessing your motives. For better of worse, you are now forever tainted. You could give up the mod status and still contribute to the community too, ya know?
As a general policy, I suggest people working outside of Ethereum (or even crypto) can be mod. However, it seems sensible that there should exist a minimum threshold of proportional labor that must be spent on Ethereum.
Personally, I'd probably put that minimum threshold around 60%.In u/rzurrer's case, it seems he's in the more 20-30% area. Ergo I suggest nominating a replacement.
You're not a bad guy u/rzurrer, and thank you for your service both in the past and yet to be done. But a mod role requires some minimums.
Meeting with unnamed Ethereum project. Line blurred for incognito people.
Polkadot is synergistic because rzurrer thinks so (no actual argument as to why). Collusion of big players founding different orgs is apparently a good thing (unsurprising from "P3W3", as coined by Introspectre).
"If someone..." redirecting calls from removal of a specific bad actor to a generalized statement about something innocuous. Empty claims of supporting the ecosystem without any fact to back it up. More empty claims despite evidence. Claims others are lying.
There is one single constant in rzurrer's posting: nothing he ever says holds up if you don't take him at his word 100%. There is no data, no fact, no logic. It's all claimed interactions with unspecified actors, allusions to consensus for his opinion with no proof, statements of support but no action of support; and absolutely no declaration of conflict of interest or transparency in holdings whatsoever, nor acknowledgement of one's own controversial status in the community.
Not all venture capitalist millionaires are greedy psychopaths. But why should the community blindly trust the specific one who behaves in every way like a greedy psychopath?
You had mentioned after Ameen's accusations had been brought to light that you would be hosting an AMA in the following week to clear the air. I have not seen any AMA as of yet. Are you still planning on hosting one? If not, why? In all honesty, it seems like you are just attempting to weather the storm. It seems to be increasingly unlikely for this to just blow over now.