I find pieces like this frustrating because I don’t think EA ever “used to be” one thing. Ten people who previously felt more at home in EA than they currently do will describe ten different things EA “used to be” that it no longer is, often in direct conflict with the other nine’s narratives. I’d much prefer people to say, “Here’s a pattern I’m noticing, I think it is likely bad for these reasons, and I think it wasn’t the case x years ago. I would like to see x treated as a norm.”
I find pieces like this frustrating because I don’t think EA ever “used to be” one thing. Ten people who previously felt more at home in EA than they currently do will describe ten different things EA “used to be” that it no longer is, often in direct conflict with the other nine’s narratives. I’d much prefer people to say, “Here’s a pattern I’m noticing, I think it is likely bad for these reasons, and I think it wasn’t the case x years ago. I would like to see x treated as a norm.”