# RE: Monero False Flags

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/re-monero-false-flags/41592>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/re-monero-false-flags/41592 "2022-05-13T00:28:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![zooko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zooko/32/32232_2.png) [@zooko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zooko)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/re-monero-false-flags/41592/4 "2022-05-13T21:27:30Z")

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I consider this to be a personal attack:

> [@How does ZEC fit into the Zcash Foundation's long-term strategy?](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-does-zec-fit-into-the-zcash-foundations-long-term-strategy/41512/3):
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> Instead I read this board and it’s nothing but new power plays to take control of the dev fund and power in the community, while blocking all substantial change.
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> Ok fine, Zooko. You win. You have exhausted me. If what you want is to have total control of a dying moribund community, then as far as I’m concerned you can have it. Good luck.

(screenshot for posterity:)

 ![Screenshot 2022-05-13 15.18.52](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/3X/3/d/3d84efca3c8bd4d7525ef00f22b1cc1abbe4c5f2.png)

Because it falsely insinuates that someone (me) has dishonest and malicious intentions. Be aware that Matt Green, who wrote the above, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Zcash Foundation, which owns this forum and which — if I understand correctly and unless this has changed — pays Shawn a stipend to serve as chief moderator. I strongly believe in Shawn’s integrity and good intentions — he has just about the longest track record of any member of the Zcash community — he’s basically the first member of the Zcash community, or one of them — and his track record has zero occurrences of anything other than acting with the highest integrity. So I do not want this comment to be mistaken as a slur against Shawn’s character, but I want everyone who sees this to know that there is an inherent conflict-of-interest built into the Zcash Foundation’s ownership and operation of this forum.

To be clear, I very much do _not_ want that comment to be edited or removed. On the contrary, I want it to remain so that people can see it and learn from the fact that it was posted.

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