> activists

While I'm sure you intended this to be a compliment, you should know that ioerror has strong opinions (which I agree with) about the word "activist". From a recent talk[1][2] he gave about journalism and the media:

    "Activism" is used as a pejorative term in order to suggest
    that participation in a democratic society is somehow 
    outside of the normal behavior.

    Fuck that. That is wrong.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJValv4YQcY#t=78

[2] I strongly recommend everyone watch [1] - it's shorter than most of his talks (only 20m), and it has surprising revaluations about e.g. The Guardian. Jacob doesn't pull his punches, and he burns a few notable bridges.

Think of all the people that have been distanced from the project because of his behavior. Think of all the other people who would be distanced from it in the future if his behavior was tolerated and defended by the organization. This is really not a loss at all!