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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026, at 12:54 PM, Jorg Sowa wrote:
> Please, instead of focusing on American political debates, spend time=20
> investigating how to properly manage the assets of the PHP Group. If=20
> it=E2=80=99s true that this account was official and was lost, it pose=
s a risk=20
> of similar issues in the future.
>
> And regarding the political statements in this group. This is a perfec=
t=20
> group, and you are the perfect people to asses it. Technology project=20
> is the best place for such statements. Please continue it, because it'=
s=20
> most important part of this discussion.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jorg
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 7:28=E2=80=AFPM Jim Winstead <jimw@trainedmonk=
ey.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026, at 10:17 AM, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
>> > I don't think we should be bringing politics into it,=20
>>=20
>> To be clear: to have, as you propose, an official account on a platfo=
rm controlled by a transphobic white supremacist would most definitely b=
e bringing politics into it. That is not a neutral choice.
>>=20
>> Jim

Access was not "lost."  PHP has never had a formal way to even define "o=
fficial" accounts on anything.  It's always been "trusted person X decid=
ed person Y was trustworthy, so when Y volunteered to do something X han=
ded them keys."  All of PHP's "official" social media accounts are techn=
ically "run by some dude we're on good terms with."  If you consider tha=
t a sloppy and unreasonable way to run a major OSS project, well, I agre=
e, but that's the project's fault, not that dude's fault.

In this case, that dude has long since stopped posting on X, for the rea=
sons already mentioned.  (I support that decision.)  Unless we're going =
to force the issue and set up a new account for PHP to "officially" post=
 on X, removing the existing link is an obvious and mundane decision.  L=
inking to a dead account is kinda pointless.

--Larry Garfield