[nisa]

There is a pretty clear common theme displayed on the Twitter accounts of people that are in this community and know each other personally. These are also not outsiders but trusted members of the community. So far the response is either silence or acknowledgement of the accusations. This is not a trail but it looks like the attempt to remove a toxic person from this community to prevent harm to others. This does not mean that he is guilty of the accusations but a lot of persons related to CCC congress, hackers, Tor members univocally agree that it's a good idea to have him step down and exclude him. There seems to be enough personal backstories that everyone seem to agree it's the right thing to do.

At least that's my impression from the outside. This is not some kind of government orchestrated smear campaign, rather an effort to prevent harm.

[nabla9]

>At least that's my impression from the outside.

It has no value. We who are outsiders in the drama can't contribute and our impressions can be false. Some of use are just drawn into the drama and can't avoid taking sides.

Creating impressions is how internet drama works.

[powera]

If outsiders can't contribute, why are you commenting on it (twice!) here?

[mwfunk]

Fine, contributing in the form of saying "we can't contribute here" is the one way in which we can contribute. Happy? That seems pretty obvious, no need to call people out for supposed double standards.

[bsder]

> So far the response is either silence or acknowledgement of the accusations.

So what? The majority can, and often is, wrong. People cover their own asses first and defend the truth second.

I've gotten really draconian about "accusations" nowadays. If it isn't worth going through the legal system, it's mob justice and a priori false unless there is real, physical evidence.