Code does not exist in isolation from the community of developers that produced it. Who we collaborate with defines us, to some degree.

OMFG He isn’t getting the death penalty just because we don’t donate to him

The whole point is to disincentivise people to act like this, it doesn’t ruin the product but to a certain extent you are supporting his views if you support him financially

Maybe because they are not around other people is the reason why they act like this, you are more likely to see others as people if you are part of the society instead of being withdrawn and hiding behind a username

I would much rather have this guy at McDonalds or an Amazon warehouse putting stuff in boxes than part of social media dev team

Because yes even though this is open source people make decisions and can affect how information is received

There is a reason why users stay away from for example Truth social and Rumble, we don’t want to associate with that stuff… also why companies fire employees who say and do bad stuff on the internet