RE: I'm still banned from steemit's github
I tend to agree with you @faddat, but I'm not surprised at all. Your being banned is just a reflection of the same attitude that caused @dantheman to depart the platform. "They" want (proprietary?) control over the platform, and apparently believe locking out contributors rather than control the process of what is chosen to be added from those contributions is the best way to achieve that control. I totally disagree with that approach. Just b/c you solicit contributions from anyone, doesn't obligate you to use every contribution. "They" don't see it that way, which reflects their lack of knowledge about the benefits of the OSS development model.
As to your point that the docs and other info is always out of date - YES, that happens a lot within startup companies who are frantically worked to evolve a product out the door, docs always lag behind. It's a common problem, especially in crypto projects, but not unique to them.
What caused him to leave the platform?
@dan answers that specifically here (hint: it's not the FUD being spread in this thread):
https://steemit.com/steem/@dan/today-i-submitted-my-resignation-to-steemit-inc#@pairmike/re-dan-today-i-submitted-my-resignation-to-steemit-inc-20170315t054610221z
@sneak
I don't recall saying a word about dan. My personal assumption has always been that he is off to make another epic something or another, and that is appropriate for someone like him.
You didn't faddat I did. The link @sneak provided as to @dan's "reasons" for leaving is obviously not the whole story as anyone can see if they click that link. If any FUD is being spread it's not by me.
IMO @faddat raises an important point. His being banned for the reasons @sneak stated might be good reasons for flagging or sanctions in social media, but not for code contributions. Now if @faddat engaged in irrational, emotionally charged comments and submission of issues on github, banning might be the correct solution after being warned a time or 2. I believe it goes deeper than that, but that's only my opinion.
Agree.
Except.... sneak says I was banned for.... what you said in my post. Whole thing makes no sense and harms steemit.
Maybe I should reconsider my thoughts on growing the steemit userbase via DAWN. (Yes, @sneak, you caused me to reconsider this. And if I do it, let me tell ya, it'll work. )
I think that I will ask the steemit community in my next post.
It's not really that they're not using my contributions.
It's that I cannot submit them at all.
It's as if everything's perfect here, in the minds of those who banned me.
And surely, these are not unique problems. And if I were allowed to help solve them, well, they'd be solved. And steemit would have fewer problems.