Only two people thanked Frans Pop before his death
In my last blog, I revealed that Frans Pop was exposed to over 700 emails on debian-private in the weeks before his suicide.
It is one of several important facts to reflect on if we care about the lives of those we collaborate with online.
The email where Pop resigns the night before Debian Day may look innocuous to outsiders. Most outsiders would not realize it was the night before Debian Day. Most would not realize the sentence about revoking his PGP key is far more grave than a resignation.
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When organizations start proclaiming a Code of Conduct, they go to great lengths to publicly shame and insult volunteers. Would it be more wise to invest in thanking people?