Thread by @Xrayez

I used to trust Juan, aka @reduzio. Never again. This manipulator cannot be trusted. I'm talking about this as someone who has spent years contributing to @GodotEngine.

Whatever you decide to do with Godot, please, do not give money to them.

#GodotEngine #CancelGodotEngine

If you're not aware of manipulation techniques, you'll instantly believe Juan, since he is very skillful in gaslighting. So skillful to the point that what you see on the fragment above must be broken down into smaller pieces and be explained in detail.

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1538799612030590976

I am an open and honest person. But in a community-driven project, where Godot explicitly mentions that "community-driven" implies "open discussion", Juan wants to feel me guilty for being an open person, which is ridiculous.

Openness must be at the heart of #FOSS projects by definition. It's impossible to reach any consensus if people don't feel that they can be open and honest while discussing decisions of any kind. Otherwise this will lead to compromises, and eventual division of community.

Therefore, by being an open person, I do so for the benefit of the project. But being honest has a serious consequence in an hypocritical #OpenSource project such as Godot. This implies the desire in search for the truth, but some subset of truth cannot be tolerated in Godot.

I never wanted to instantiate a democratic development process in Godot. Most projects are based on some kind of meritocracy. I used to think that it was just a misunderstanding, but I figured that Godot leadership is disingenuous in what they do:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1539652735804485633

As Juan says, it may be all entirely true and I may be right, but the results do not change. Despite my attempts at clarifying things like Godot's development philosophy, they still refuse to reveal it, and many other people share my sentiment in Godot:

github.com/godotengine/go…

I never called Godot's leadership evil or corrupt at that time. I used to think that their intentions are good, so I thought that it'd be just a matter of time for them to resolve all so-called misunderstandings. But never was I so mistaken in my life.

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1542220054552510466

I never asked for any privileges or trust. I received maintainer privileges only once in Godot, and I thought that it was due to my merit, but in retrospect, leadership decided to quickly remove my membership, because they couldn't bribe me with that:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1520390795173507072

Godot constantly mentions the "trust" word. They are literally obsessed with it. It was never about "bottom-up" approach of community-driven development, but "top-down" approach. You only get trusted if you never question the decisions of leadership:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1529726621929947136

Am I trying to overthrow an evil and toxic leadership of Godot now? Since they decided to permanently ban me from all Godot community spaces, yes. Toxic leadership must be challenged. I'm not kidding, see the recommendation here:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1520760516179861504

Godot created me. This is why you see me informing you about this issue for the past months. We will not let this go unnoticed:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1540653137782005760

So, as the good old song goes, looks like it was just a matter of trust...