Hi everyone,
For the first time, we’ve had to make a difficult decision to temporarily suspend a community member’s account due to repeated violations of our community guidelines.
The member in question has repeatedly engaged in behavior that goes against our community guidelines over the past several months. After careful consideration, we felt that a temporary suspension was necessary to maintain a respectful and productive environment for everyone.
Why did we take this decision?
We welcome criticism, disagreements, and different perspectives. In fact, these are important parts of an open community. However, there is a difference between challenging ideas and engaging in disrespectful behavior.
In particular, I would like to remind everyone of two important sections of our Community Guidelines:
Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree
Disagreements are perfectly acceptable but abusive comments, hostile responses are not acceptable.
Always Be Civil
We expect all members to treat one another and our staff with respect. Offensive or abusive comments, harassment, and behavior that creates an unnecessarily hostile environment have no place in our community.
These are the two areas where we have seen repeated violations from the member in question that ultimately led to this decision.
We want to emphasize that criticism of AirGradient, our products, our decisions, or our team is absolutely welcome. We are an open-source company, and open discussions and honest feedback are central to what we do.
No one will be suspended simply for disagreeing with us or expressing frustration with our products or services. What matters is how those concerns are communicated and how we treat one another in the process.
We also encourage everyone to use the forum’s flagging feature if they encounter comments that may violate our guidelines.
You can read our full Community Guidelines here:
https://forum.airgradient.com/faq
Thanks a lot - we just wanted to be transparent about this decision without identifying the individual involved or turning this into a public discussion about a particular member.
Our hope is that this temporary suspension provides an opportunity for reflection and that we can continue moving forward together as a respectful and constructive community.
Thanks again to everyone who contributes their time, knowledge, and experience to this forum. We genuinely appreciate the community we have built together and want to ensure it remains a welcoming place for everyone.