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by refulgentis 2057 days ago
It, seemingly, isn't inevitable - I can count on one, _maybe_ two hands the number of unfair incidents I've heard since I started hearing people trumpeting the dark side view that 100% absolutely all power is put into service of evil, always.
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Most people who are targeted aren't going to go telling the internet about it.

And people who curb their behavior unreasonably out of fear aren't going to advertise that either.

What you hear about is only the tip of the iceberg of what really happens.

I'm taking umbrage with the "But this kind of thing becomes inevitable" part
I initially thought "oh, another guy whining" but this seems to not be the case here but rather a case of a really piss-poor code of conduct.
The author quotes the CoC in his article and none of the points come even close to being a base to judge him on. This instance is about power abuse by a committee that doesn’t even have a basis in the CoC.