That's not what the moderator's message about the ban says though, is it?
> The moderation team brought this thread to our attention as the latest example in an ongoing controversy in the community and they escalated the decision to us so that we can provide them clearer guidance for how to proceed going forward. Our moderation team has done an admirable job, but this controversy has escalated beyond the point where moderation actions alone can resolve this.
> To that end, the Steering Committee is banning Anduril from recruiting on Discourse.
Isn't this saying that the ban is because Anduril's job posts causes the community to respond in inappropriate or off-topic ways - an exemplified by the linked thread's comments on Greenland - and that the forum moderators can't clean it all up?
No, the post referring to prior controversies. This includes the exodus of a large number of long-term nixpkgs maintainers after undoing the ban of an Anduril employee.
>is there no company on earth, such that you wouldn't want them advertising on your forum?
Do they spread hate? Have they cast harm on members of the forum? Otherwise, I don't see the issue. Unless this is a blanket ban on defend contractors.
If it isn't, I simply see it as hypocritical. Especially since all the big FAANGs also all operate with the military in some capacity.
Anduril, as I recall, staunchly supports the current administration, which is vehemently anti-trans. (Also, Trump has nominated an Anduril executive to the role of Army Under Secretary in his administration.) If NixOS has prominent trans developers, that might be one reason to do it.
If you operated a forum, is there no company on earth, such that you wouldn't want them advertising on your forum?