📅 Original date posted:2015-06-27
📝 Original message:> It was pointed several times before that with enough loud minority you can make any change seem controversial.
Yes, absolutely. Pushing something through despite a loud miniority (certainly a well-informed one with valid reasons) is controversial.
This is not about miniorities and majorities. The *entire network* needs to agree to switch to your new software. If there are months-long heated discussions on every possible forum that is a clear sign that your change is controversial. As Greg Sanders already says, we know one when we see one...
Wladimir
Wladimir J. van der Laan [ARCHIVE] /
npub1ts…rfl5y
2023-06-07 15:40:44
in reply to nevent1q…tvme
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