Previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11507858
The post:
I was contacted by Mozilla with the request to "police" our forum, since we (Pale Moon devs) are in direct control of the things discussed and posted here.
I'd like to clarify our position on this kind of thing to keep things from becoming unpleasant in both our relationship with you, the community, and our relationship with Mozilla:
- We do not censor your posts, and this will not change in the future -- this is an open forum.
- Everyone has a right to their opinions and those opinions can be freely discussed here.
- While technically possible to tightly control content here, we do not wish to do so as it does not create a healthy environment to discuss things in, which is the whole point of a forum. We will, however, control extreme behavior that is not constructive.
- On the other hand, we'd like to see anything that can be construed as misinformation or purposefully misleading posts be kept out of this forum.
- If you're going to post anything about Mozilla that you don't know for a fact is accurate, then please don't purposefully try to present it as hard facts.
This is a community forum, but it is also a public forum. Please be mindful of your posts.
We'd prefer to keep a healthy relationship with Mozilla and the Mozilla Security team since we do rely on them greatly to be able to keep bringing you Pale Moon in an organized and safe manner. We won't, however, let Mozilla dictate how we as a community should operate.
Thanks in advance for your help!