the only things I will say about the whole recent kde thing (as everything else is done to death, and I don't use kde myself) are that (1) miscommunications due to imprecise language remain the #1 source of fighting on the internet, so making intent clear from the get-go is exceedingly important, and (2) people (especially Online People) really need to remember that others aren't necessarily as Online as them and understand Online Things. especially if they're older. being able to step back and (at least attempt to) imagine the past X minutes/hours/days/weeks/months/years of someone's life that may have influenced how they acted in one particular moment or said something a certain way is a big virtue that in my opinion, allows you to approach things from a calmer, more analytical manner as opposed to jumping guns based purely on your own potentially biased perspective. this also ties into (1), since you might jump the gun on something that was imprecise language as opposed to requesting clarification/taking approaches from other perspectives. oh and (3) if you're concerned about something happening on a less-public place, do not Post about it Very Publicly to a Followerbase unless 1) and 2) have already been exhaustively employed and the situation really does appear to be Very Bad. there was a point in the original issue discussion where the Rules of Communication simply dissolved (due to (3)) such that (1) and (2) couldn't have been effectively employed anymore, which generally results in only one outcome after that moment (the current one)