Get On The BlowerDec 9, 2022

In an unexpected turn, we've found ourselves blocking the official #RaspberryPi instance today, basically until they put an adult in charge of it.

If anyone really wants to learn how a relatively beloved and respected brand can burn a staggering amount of good will in record time, @aurynn has written up a very good case study of the event:
https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/

A Case Study on Raspberry Pi’s Incident on the Fediverse

A short case study covering what happened with Raspberry Pi on the Fediverse.

Show threadDave HounslowDec 9, 2022

@geton @aurynn
This is the first toot that I've seen since coming here that's actually angered me.

Reading the toot thread what I saw here was an pile on effectively on an individual because of their previous role as a police officer.

The, perhaps clumsy, responses from [email protected] were largely in defense of an individual that people directly or indirectly were suggesting was a bad actor.

The original pile on very much matters.

Show threadjohnaldisDec 9, 2022
@Thinkfoo @geton @aurynn The “original pile on” was because of how @Raspberry_Pi phrased their post. There’s no suggestion in that post that he regrets his past or is keen to move on from it. Obviously some people *are* going to respond to that in a genuinely childish manner, but the RPi social manager decided to berate and block everyone who responded with “poor choice of words, consider rephrasing” advice too.
Show threadDr Ro Smith
@johnaldis @Thinkfoo @geton @aurynn @Raspberry_Pi from what I saw (it might have degenerated) people were actually pretty polite to Toby, who said he was looking forward to doing completely different things to his previous work. It was the tone of Raspberry Pi's original post and subsequent gleeful defence of surveillance, insulting people for even very gentle suggestions that they tone it down, that was the problem.
Dec 9, 2022 at 9:13amWeb
Show threadjohnaldisDec 9, 2022
@Rhube @Thinkfoo @geton @aurynn @Raspberry_Pi I saw both helpful and worried criticism, but the RPi account claimed it was “bullying [this guy]” when everything I saw (helpful, concerned, or childish) was all aimed at RPi and their decision to hire and publicise like this.