Thank you for this well-written piece. For documentation’s sake, I want to show our experience with @Lordglmr.
His friend Mr. Madara, a seemingly good technical guy applied for the grant committee. In his first comment below his application, he reacted very passive-aggressively and called @0xTaylor stupid.
Source: Grant Committee Candidacy - Mr. Madara aka Mr. P - #2 by 0xTaylor
@KingLuuu from Evrloot (who also applied) asked for a history between the two because of the undertone. That’s when “LG” jumped in defensively and wanted to steer the conversation towards only the technical side by calling Luuu’s comments inaprorpriate.
Here comes the thing now. Because Luuu spoke up to what also got Mr.Madara a Moonbeam Forum Policy warning, he was now in the crosshairs of “LG” who launched various attacks at him personally and Evrloot as a project in retaliation.
#1) He advertised to vote for anyone but Luuu and tried to get his followers to punish Luuu for speaking up in a passive-aggressive tone. I thought it was a joke at first, because it felt like the reaction of a teenager. But he continued to convince people of Luuu’s bad behaviour “on the forum”.
Edit: Mr. Madara got disqualified due to a missed deadline. Ismael B. is another (good) contender for the Technical Expert Role. LG just wanted anyone but Luuu
#2 After this didn’t work, “LG” called Beamswap corrupt, because they voted for Luuu.
#3 When it was apparent that his plan would not work out he claimed Luuu (Lucas) just did it for the money and implied him leeching from the community.
#4 Then he called our project failed (we are all talking public posts on X).
To his defense, I believe he thinks he is doing the ecosystem a genuine favor. And this post shows his other side. But the switch from “I will destroy you” to “let’s collaborate” is in an instant, and that’s what should be remembered if anyone decides to place responsibility in his hands.
I believe you will always have actors like this in an ecosystem. We just need an effective way to demask their ad hominem strategies and not be afraid to speak up.
@Lordglmr if you portray yourself as the white knight of Polkadot, stop throwing mud left and right. It’s never too late to change.
– Deckard from Evrloot