[dntbnmpls]

Those numbers don't indicate anything. For all we know 1% of the "community" voted. Not to mention FreeBSD was never a democracy.

> These rulesets exist because people can't do that.

These nonsense because of virtue signaling busybodies. That's it. "Don't be evil".

[loeg]

> Not to mention FreeBSD was never a democracy.

Not sure why you think so. FreeBSD Core team is a democratically elected body, by the developers. There is an ongoing election for the next Core as we speak.

[ironmagma]

When it comes to growing a community, why would signaling virtues be a bad thing? You would want to filter out the people who would never conform to your community expectations.

[tracker1]

Having a good heart is better than glitter on a paper heart on a sign.

Virtue signaling is all about marketing, not about actually having virtues.

[qayxc]

> "Don't be evil".

...has been dropped as the company motto of Google -I wonder why?

[google234123]

That's not a good motto though, it isn't the mission of Google and if you think about it, not being evil is pretty trivial.