"Community has to be renewed"
What does that mean? Community has to change attitudes or community members that fight against the "plan" have to be replaced by others. Probably a little bit of both.
When the CEO asked what we think of the future of SO it didn't feel right. We have written hundreds of pages of our thoughts on their plans, yet he asked again. So what was the real question then?
Was he asking "what should I do so that the community keeps on working while we implement our plans"? Until the renewal takes place.
Political ideology and religion
Could you ask them next time if religion or political ideology played any role in firing SE staff and mods? For example Shog9 had in his profile:
Tilting slightly to the right
and
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
The last one is from EccliciastesEcclesiastes.
Caleb quit saying:
I will not be able to sign the new CoC if –as they have adamantly insisted will be the case– it includes a requirement for pro-actively taking action in affirmation of something I fundamentally disagree with.
Perhaps not so coincidentally, Monica too is religious and she was fired.
Religious individuals are more likely to react to the [forbidden to speak about] CoC changes. Therefore, more likely to be fired. I don't expect a real answer, to be honest, but it would be nice to see their reactions.