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   ThePhD (thephd@pony.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jun-2023 09:13:15 JST ThePhD

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   Finally.

   I want to cover something that is not explicitly stated by this statement but that was a huge factor for us, and especially for me, personally.

   It is extremely clear that this is not a new or unique gaffe for the Rust Project. An entirely separate group, with an entirely different volunteer organizer for the Conference, pulled this exact same stunt against a speaker before. They also badmouthed the RustConf organizers while doing this; this was clearly apparent in Leah Silber's statement on Sunday: https://twitter.com/wifelette/status/1662938984631394304

   This is a systemic issue in the Rust Project. Their governance practices have resulted in this exact situation happening twice (with different people, CHRIST!!!), and many more instances of this sort of behavior, over years. In meeting with quite a few people over the weekend, and going over past behavior I was not privy to before, it has become very clear to me.

   Something is broken, and I do not mind never speaking about Rust again if this means leadership starts guaranteeing this stuff will not happen ever again rather than letting it re-fester, over and over again.