[yndoendo]

Is it your belief that maintainers should be viewed as automatons, impervious to mistakes, like how many view the service industry?

Maintainers are humans, flawed just like us all, good maintainers choose to accept and learn from their gaffes.

[elliekelly]

But let's also keep in mind these are humans, flawed and all, who were experimented on without permission. Ethical (and consensual) experiments would never reveal the identity of the participants and their exact reaction(s) under the experimental conditions. Just because the experiment started without any ethical considerations doesn't mean all ethical considerations should be ignored with respect to the "data" collected by the experiment.

[fluidcruft]

No, my belief is the IRB would only waive consent if this sort of public disclosure is not allowed. Naming-and-shaming is not a valid research goal. Improper research results in censure and exclusion from the scientific corpus, not full public disclosure.