What happened during the early 2010s is that colleges and universities started implementing Stasi methods like anonymous reporting on professors and making professors write humiliating self-criticisms.
All this to appease a fragile and spoiled generation.
The effects now show on the Internet, where "open" source projects implement similar oppressive tactics in the name of attracting new "contributors" (who rarely do anything useful).
Unfortunately, the boomers, who first raked in all the money and leadership positions in SV companies, support this cultural revolution in a last attempt to preserve their power.
All this to appease a fragile and spoiled generation.
The effects now show on the Internet, where "open" source projects implement similar oppressive tactics in the name of attracting new "contributors" (who rarely do anything useful).
Unfortunately, the boomers, who first raked in all the money and leadership positions in SV companies, support this cultural revolution in a last attempt to preserve their power.
[1] former East German surveillance apparatus