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The IRS rules governing nonprofits still required the Mozilla Foundation to beg big to go big: the parent had to go find big grants from Soros, Ford, Knight, MacArthur, and give smaller grants to many. This put it in the lefties-only-no-righty-Irish-need-apply revolving-door personnel sector of NGOs and nonprofits (too many glowies there for me, too). Which meant I had a hostile MoFo over my head the minute I got CEO appointment from the MoCo board...

Of course I can't comment on anything about my exit, for reasons that only the most loopy HN h8ers still can't figure out.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43251203

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 394 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

As a reminder, Eich was turfed from Mozilla for joining an anti-LGBT hate campaign (and thus alienating a whole lot of developers, sponsors, and users); and his So Brave browser pushed NFTs and stole money via referral fraud.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 69 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If I'm reading their financial records correctly, the year he left Mozilla was the year he was paid the most, even though he didn't stick around for most of it. So this retelling of history is, at best, incomplete...

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 91 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are you sure? You can't just lie on the internet. Who would lie on the internet? Is it even possible to lie on the internet? I don't think it is.

Ladies, I have a 12 inch penis and 34 million dollars. Call me.

[–] cmlael67@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've got a 34mm penis and 12 dollars. Any takers? Ladies?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 days ago

Not a lady, but I could use the twelve bucks.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 days ago

He was CEO briefly, until the controversy over his appointment got loud enough. It makes sense he would've been paid the most that year, especially with the golden parachute CEOs get when they leave.

His appointment remains one of the most damaging events in Mozilla's history, as it led to the resignation of multiple prior leaders (including previous CEOs). Making him CEO might've been Mitch Baker's worst decision as chairwoman.

[–] Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

That is usually how severance packages work

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, is that where the name Brave came from?

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago

Brave is a peter thiel project.

Fact.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I remember back when that referrer thing happened and people on reddit were tripping over themselves to justify it and explain why it's actually ok... What a joke.