The mod drama here was good for BCH

1. It is now clear beyond doubt that this is a community sub at Ver's pleasure! It is good that we all know this and I would propose it be made clear in the FAQs too. For so long, the community was able to count on this space as being a community space absent control other than that deemed necessary by the hard-working mods (who may not always have gotten it right) to prevent it from getting out of control. But Roger, with his characteristic temperament and lack of judgement acting like a bull in a china shop has now revealed the full picture. It's good to know.

2. This episode will have violently torn away a good bunch of Ver-tinted spectacles from BCHers eyes. I've long though the uncritical adulation that Roger has received from many in this space has been unhealthy for the community. We need have no concern that it will be forgotten what Roger has done for BTC and BCH - he reminds us every second breath - but BCH is bigger than Roger and it is not dependent on him.

3. Removing the vestige of this as a go-to hub for BCHers is another step toward decentralisation. It is already the case that much of the conversation has moved to Telegram groups but after what we went through in the blocksize wars was, as recent as last week, it still felt like a 'home' to me I could count on.

Change - especially such extreme and uncalled for change - is difficult. But maybe it's time to let go of this as an historic centre for us and we learn to live without one in the same way that we don't have a central development team and the nodes, mining and non-mining are distributed.

Having said all that, I do understand the last days to have been very difficult for the prior moderators and because of the hurt caused by those responsible - including Roger in his knee-jerk extreme response . I don't want to ignore the price, the stress and hurt at being treated that way that has been paid for some for the disruption. But in the long-term, given the three reasons I've given, I really thing this is healthy for BCH's future.

Thanks to all who took the actions that were taken to prevent the coup succeeding. And even though / if the sub has been 'saved', let's not ever get complacent and allow ourselves ever to count on it as a community-run sub again.