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When I started out as a sysadminsystem administrator, more than 20 years ago, there was no StackExchangeStack Exchange. There also wasn't a Google.

What there was was UsenetUsenet, and IRCIRC, and a thing called LysKOM that only a few people in Sweden used. On all three of those places, perfect strangers helped me figure stuff out, and I returned the favour. I found friends, even lovers, even a husband, there, and many of those relationships are still going strong a couple of decades later, even thoughtthough Usenet is all but dead and IRC has mainly moved to Slack.

When I found ServerFaultServer Fault, I pretty much immediately started answering questions. I want to help new sysadmins the way that those other people helped me when I was new. I enjoy my work, and I love solving problems, and more than once I've found solutions to my own problems while working on some question there.

For quite a few years now, I've spent at least a little time on ServerFaultServer Fault each day, looking for some question where I can give a good answer that will help others. But during those same years, the community that was there when I started has dwindled. I've still hung around, though.

Until now. At present I am doing nothing on any non-meta site - no voting, no queue checking, no answering or editing. I'm not going to give any more free work to StackExchangeStack Exchange until they sort this out. I do realize that my flounce is not going to affect their bottom line in any way. But this isn't about their bottom line - it's about my conscience. I don't want to be part of what they're making it.

When I started out as a sysadmin, more than 20 years ago, there was no StackExchange. There also wasn't a Google.

What there was was Usenet, and IRC, and a thing called LysKOM that only a few people in Sweden used. On all three of those places, perfect strangers helped me figure stuff out, and I returned the favour. I found friends, even lovers, even a husband, there, and many of those relationships are still going strong a couple of decades later, even thought Usenet is all but dead and IRC has mainly moved to Slack.

When I found ServerFault, I pretty much immediately started answering questions. I want to help new sysadmins the way that those other people helped me when I was new. I enjoy my work, and I love solving problems, and more than once I've found solutions to my own problems while working on some question there.

For quite a few years now, I've spent at least a little time on ServerFault each day, looking for some question where I can give a good answer that will help others. But during those same years, the community that was there when I started has dwindled. I've still hung around, though.

Until now. At present I am doing nothing on any non-meta site - no voting, no queue checking, no answering or editing. I'm not going to give any more free work to StackExchange until they sort this out. I do realize that my flounce is not going to affect their bottom line in any way. But this isn't about their bottom line - it's about my conscience. I don't want to be part of what they're making it.

When I started out as a system administrator, more than 20 years ago, there was no Stack Exchange. There also wasn't a Google.

What there was was Usenet, IRC, and a thing called LysKOM that only a few people in Sweden used. On all three of those places, perfect strangers helped me figure stuff out, and I returned the favour. I found friends, even lovers, even a husband, there, and many of those relationships are still going strong a couple of decades later, even though Usenet is all but dead and IRC has mainly moved to Slack.

When I found Server Fault, I pretty much immediately started answering questions. I want to help new sysadmins the way that those other people helped me when I was new. I enjoy my work, and I love solving problems, and more than once I've found solutions to my own problems while working on some question there.

For quite a few years now, I've spent at least a little time on Server Fault each day, looking for some question where I can give a good answer that will help others. But during those same years, the community that was there when I started has dwindled. I've still hung around, though.

Until now. At present I am doing nothing on any non-meta site - no voting, no queue checking, no answering or editing. I'm not going to give any more free work to Stack Exchange until they sort this out. I do realize that my flounce is not going to affect their bottom line in any way. But this isn't about their bottom line - it's about my conscience. I don't want to be part of what they're making it.

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When I started out as a sysadmin, more than 20 years ago, there was no StackExchange. There also wasn't a Google.

What there was was Usenet, and IRC, and a thing called LysKOM that only a few people in Sweden used. On all three of those places, perfect strangers helped me figure stuff out, and I returned the favour. I found friends, even lovers, even a husband, there, and many of those relationships are still going strong a couple of decades later, even thought Usenet is all but dead and IRC has mainly moved to Slack.

When I found ServerFault, I pretty much immediately started answering questions. I want to help new sysadmins the way that those other people helped me when I was new. I enjoy my work, and I love solving problems, and more than once I've found solutions to my own problems while working on some question there.

For quite a few years now, I've spent at least a little time on ServerFault each day, looking for some question where I can give a good answer that will help others. But during those same years, the community that was there when I started has dwindled. I've still hung around, though.

Until now. At present I am doing nothing on any non-meta site - no voting, no queue checking, no answering or editing. I'm not going to give any more free work to StackExchange until they sort this out. I do realize that my flounce is not going to affect their bottom line in any way. But this isn't about their bottom line - it's about my conscience. I don't want to be part of what they're making it.