Huh? The old review process has always been well-documented and occurred via PRs on GitHub completely in the open. It was a known limitation and something that we set out to revamp with the new system.
replyFrom the docs:
> The Obsidian team is small and unable to manually review every new release of community plugins. Instead, we rely on the help of the community to identify and report issues with plugins.
https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-help/blob/master/en/E...
I realize you're just doing your job as CEO to shape perceptions here, but this is your best effort? The docs should have correctly stated "we don't review ANY new community plugin release". Hint: This is where you would admit the review process itself was meaningless theater intended to provide a false sense of security to users that trusted you.
replyThat would not have been accurate though.
replyFor those that aren't aware, this is all meant to distract/confuse you in light of this story: https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/obsidian-plugin-abused-i...
replyWe've been working on the project for nearly a year, so no.
replyJust say "I think my users are stupid" and be done with it. The timing of your announcement is obviously not a coincidence. You are genuinely terrible at this.
replyI certainly feel that I am losing brain cells here :)
replyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088576
replyWhat, no smiley face in those comments? Maybe a silly shrug would have been appropriate.