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+layout: post
+title: "Leaving PrivacyGuides team"
+category: [english]
+tags: [privacyguides]
+published: false
+draft: true
+---
+
+*PrivacyGuides.org was supposed to be the continuation of PrivacyTools.io
+ based on transparency/openess, actually reviewing recommendations and having
+ at least two reviews by team members before un/recommending anything. That
+ is no longer the case.*
+
+Between 2021-11-12 and 2021-11-20 I had a friend visiting me physically so
+I was less available online. During that time, on 2021-11-18 9.30 UTC+2
+a pull request was force-merged by a team member listing three new projects
+and removing two.
+
+* https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/274
+
+This was mentioned in the team room and reviews were asked during one hour
+period before the force-merge, but no one was online to review before it was
+already merged. I didn't realize what had happened, until another PR came in
+on 2021-11-21.
+
+I believe this change violates what PrivacyGuides stands for and as no one
+has any interest making an announcement (this may be the first one) or
+reverting the pull request until proper process, I consider that the team
+has no purpose and isn't needed for reviewing anything as opinions of an
+individual can be force-pushed through like that.
+
+This has brought me enough anxiety and stress to distract me from other
+aspects of my life and I consider my departure to be healthy in general.
+
+The way things appear to be going is that there will be a change of criteria
+that will then justify the change. To me this is just the other side of the
+coin from changing a law to ban something and then punishing people for it
+and not the way a transparent project should work.
+
+
+## Previous leaving
+
+I previously left Privacy Guides team, then known as Privacy Tools due to
+there having been an issue I viewed as conflict of interest, someone in the
+then-team being offered work or gig by a software/service that was willing to
+be listed, which the rest of the team didn't consider as one or worth mentioning,
+but you can find more information about that online.
+
+Maybe I am just incapable of working in teams that claim to be something
+they are not, while I personally aspire to stand for my values and be openly
+and honestly myself.
+
+## Other issues
+
+I haven't been in the Matrix rooms of Privacy Guides in a long time outside
+of the team, as I find them very draining. I think I have an issue with how
+multiple people communicate and there are ongoing discussions on improving the
+Code of Conduct.
+
+Technically I disagree with the MATRIX LINK HERE recommendation, which is
+partially my fault as I haven't send a PR on it which will not be happening now,
+and a couple of recommendations or lack of them. I am sorry, this goes into
+a bit of Matrix VS XMPP, while neither one is perfect.
+
+* https://github.com/Mikaela/mikaela.github.io/issues/261
+
+## What now
+
+I hope leaving PrivacyGuides will leave me more time to do things that matter
+to me and my hobbies and other things taking time. For example, I am at work
+try-out practice, seeking for employment and I have recently agreed to contribute
+into [FluffyChat's](https://fluffychat.im/) Finnish translations (while I feel
+a bit guilty about the state of Finnish translations in KISS Launcher and Onion Share
+that I haven't looked into in ages). Language learning also takes a lot of time
+and stubborness to not give up.