Silly question but if I were to dig up old meta in order to properly tag them, that would be a bad idea, right? (cc @Tinkeringbell @EmC)

@MonicaCellio I just saw what happened. I am so sorry that this happened to you and I wish you peace amidst this storm. In all interactions I've had with you, your wisdom and goodness shines through. Keep that in mind, no matter what happens here. I'm pretty speechless at this point. Sending my love and prayers.

"this storm"

@Ælis eh.. the main issue is that it'd be disruptive to the home page. this isn't a super strong opinion, but I think it'd be better to do so in small amounts or as you just normally come across them

@ElizB thank you. This makes no sense, in so many different ways -- the false accusations, the disproportionate response to a (civil!) disagreement, presuming bad intent, pre-emptive punishment, the timing... ugh.

@MonicaCellio hi

I wrote some stuff on Mi Yodeya Meta.

I have to go back to preparing for Rosh Hashana soon.

@JourneymanGeek oh hi!

I'm still digesting the... stuff that's happened

I guess we all are.

It's broken. And I can't help but think that there are misunderstandings at the root of it, but SE has dug in so hard on this that they won't reconsider. But they can reconsider and not lose face, by realizing there were misunderstandings and not malice. This doesn't have to be a fight.

@MonicaCellio Well looking at MSE - it already is

Which is a shame

And quite honestly - one of the (many) reasons that I took a break as a mod is - maybe selfishly, is that I don't feel up to dealing with that at the moment

@JourneymanGeek if they step in soon they can still fix this part of it. (The broader company issues are harder, I grant.) They can say that they misunderstood something I wrote, apologize, reinstate me, and I won't make a stink over it. Presumably they could still get most of the other resignees back. I suspect the window in which they can do that and sound persuasive is measured in hours, though.

@JourneymanGeek makes sense. I'm actually surprised Meta has any community mods today, given the crap that's probably coming.

Yeah

respectfully, can I ask that we don't discuss this here? I'm very sad about everything that's going on and still processing too, but this is not an IPS.SE issue and so much of it isn't public that I feel really uncomfortable talking about it in this room.

my only other comment on this is that I'm waiting and watching and praying. That's all I can do. I don't know enough to discuss further, and I don't think this is the right place to discuss it either.

yeah. I'm sorry @Monica, this was indeed really poor timing from SE - I hope you have a good Rosh Hashanah!