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Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 08:09:23 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net
To: Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net>
Cc: "Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]" <imsop.php@rwec.co.uk>, internals@lists.php.net
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From: ilia@ilia.ws (Ilia)

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>
> I'm all for addressing the long-term governance issue, and I don't think
> anyone else has objected to that.
>
> However, I don't understand why unlinking this X account from php.net
> should wait for all of the bureaucracy to play out first. The account has
> been inactive (or at least hasn't posted anything) for over a decade it
> seems, and is currently a liability. To me it's a no-brainer to remove the
> link now, and only add it back if/when the situation is resolved.
>

Agreed, let's remove stale/dead account and then separately formulate a
social media policy (platforms, ownership, responsibility). I think some
"political messaging" was added to the original RFC, which caused the
confusion.

-- 
Ilia Alshanetsky
Technologist, CTO, Entrepreneur
E: ilia@ilia.ws
T: @iliaa
B: http://ilia.ws

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