Linux folks used to be much worse about gatekeeping, but even 20+ years ago when I was first starting out, there were always decent folks among the techie dumbfucks.

Your own domain for email hosting is a massive pain in the ass. Have you not run into a million problems with other hosting providers refusing you for possibly spam?

Did he back away from right wing stupidity?

I don’t know the details, I’m afraid. That’s just my memory.

I believe audacity was forked over issues with privacy or something like that.