JP

oh noes! I've been blocked by the point-evading poster that runs @firefoxwebdevs!

after trying (rather gently) to try highlight to them that their continued evasion irks a lot of fedi users (many of whom are keenly aware of the patterns of abuse), they went "...who? me?!"

then I posted "hmm, your sudden silence (while posting elsewhere) kinda speaks loudly"

they *huffily* replied

3 toots later I'm blocked!

oh woe is me, whatsoever shall I do

the thread's up in public, feel free to check

Feb 3 at 8:01pmWeb
Show threadJPFeb 3

holy shit @zzt has made an Omnibus: https://mas.to/@zzt/116008609965567146

props for that collection

and also if y'all want to see, scroll away. has screenshots.

[object Object] (@[email protected])

here’s some unfair warnings if you’re considering boosting or interacting with that one mozilla dev account or mozilla in general really if you have interacted with them and gotten an icky feeling, you’re not alone later posts in this thread will be CWed. there is danger in interacting with the account in question. many of these posts feature someone named Jake; as you will see later, Jake and the Mozilla account are the same person in every way that matters.

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Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 3

@froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs I guess Jake is having some trouble coping with the fact that his job is to be a mouthpiece for the people ruining society.

(Edit: fixed name.)

Show threadDavid GerardFeb 3
@theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs I would like to believe that, but
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3

@davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs What gets me is how the AI bubble is looking ready to pop, the stocks are taking a bath and deals are starting to unwind, but #AI is the hill #Mozilla is going to die on.

At least they are consistent in their ability to be on the trailing edge of whatever the latest hype may be.

Show threadJPFeb 3

@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs as I've said once a while ago: moz has a loooong pattern of holding on to a bad idea a good long while past its sell-by date

all their good ideas they kill off early

all their bad ideas they cling to like a cursed blahaj

it's not great, but

Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@froztbyte @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs The sad part is that we are literally the people most determined to see them succeed, and yet this is how they behave every damn time.
Show threadJPFeb 3
@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs I wasn't posting https://mastodon.social/@froztbyte/116005140730818539 for nothing
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@froztbyte @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs Given the amount of executive turnover the past several years the problems at Mozilla appear to be massively entrenched in their culture, it may not be redeemable and I hate that we have to hang on the thread of Servo hopefully being all it can be without getting corrupted in the meantime.
Show threadJPFeb 3

@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs yeah. the moz leadership problem has been stewing about 7~9yy (min, possibly longer), and is a symptom of wider capture etc. but .... it fucking sucks

we're in for a kinda rough time soon, I suspect. enough people dislike all this bullshit that I think we'll come out okay, but .... still a rough time

Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@froztbyte @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs Maybe its time for HTTP over AP (ActivityPub) so we can just browse with our favorite fedi client lol?
Show threadJPFeb 3

@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs that feels more curse than blurse

not sure if good idea

Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@froztbyte @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs I mean AP has it's own issues, I'm just amused at the idea of taking everything away from the gatekeepers. AP isn't likely the right way to do that however.
Show threadthe elder seaFeb 3

@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs

You know how there's always a sucker holding the bag at the end of every con? I feel like Firefox is that, for AI.

It's like with anything hot, by the time your boomer relative says it, it's dead and has been for years, but the carcass is still at Bernie's and miraculously sitting up.

Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@eldersea @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs I think Google money made them too fat, they don't need to listen to their actual user base because their salaries get paid no matter what.
Show threadJPFeb 3

@reflex @eldersea @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs https://stateof.mozilla.org/ has some detail

you have to guard your eyes against the rather horrendous antidesign made the taste for paper

but once you get into the details you also see that moz is >=$1.4b flush

which ..... is a tad beyond fat

State of Mozilla 2025

Doing for AI what we did for the web

Show threadthe elder seaFeb 3

@froztbyte @reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @firefoxwebdevs

I saw this the other day, just...LMAO.

Show threadthe elder seaFeb 3
@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs
I actually wouldn't be surprised if Google was essentially forcing them to do this...
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@eldersea @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs Honestly Google does not have to do a thing for Mozilla to shoot themselves in the foot. They've become experts at that over the past decade plus.
Show threadthe elder seaFeb 3
@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs
Very true, but if you can lean on them for nothing more than a fraction of your pocket change, why not do it? Plus, it pisses off all the users that Google probably hates, and fractures the OSS community a bit more, so hey, freebie!
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 3
@eldersea @reflex @davidgerard @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs There's no way to take money from Google and come out clean on the other side.
Show threadOldGeekFeb 3
@reflex @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs Just checked SpaceX and xAI merger supposedly has a 1 trillion $ valuation.
Show threadDavid Fleetwood - RG AdminFeb 3
@oldgeek @davidgerard @theorangetheme @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs It's really something how Musk rolled all of those bad and failing ideas into one giant shit sandwich.
Show threadPaul Wilde    Feb 3

@froztbyte second one I've heard of today!

Not content to just downright ignore the people that actually f#*£ing care, now @firefoxwebdevs are actively blocking them.

Show threadJPFeb 3

@paul @firefoxwebdevs to be clear, I'm blocked by his personal account not the work account

but... yeah. it does seem that calling them on their nonsense gets an Amplified Response. in one of the most classic abuser patterns.

lolshrug, nothing new under the sun etc etc

Show threadPaul Wilde    Feb 3

@froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs oh I see, I think @sotolf got blocked by their actual account.

Still, Mozilla removed themselves from the fediverse years ago for reasons, i don't know why we're bothering with them to be perfectly honest.

Show threadsotolfFeb 4

@paul @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs

Yeah, this is how their account looks to me now at least, which usually only happens with a block.

Not that I care that much, but it's kind of funny that they are so incredibly thin skinned.

Show threadsotolfFeb 4
@paul @froztbyte @firefoxwebdevs I think we are slowly getting to them though, they just seem more and more unhinged for every thread I see with them in.
Show threadJPFeb 4

@sotolf @paul @firefoxwebdevs After last night I know of 5 other people who’ve had similar run-ins with this person

When things keep happening to you over and over and over, I’m sure it’s toootally the other people that are the common factor. That’s definitely how it works, and cannot at all be anything else 👍🤣😤