Like it or not, bloggers will feed the success of this platform.

If they are incorrect, they need to be corrected. And I don't think there's any need to dance on eggshells, either-- I'm on record as supporting the many "please search before posting" admonitions that have ruffled some feathers here.

BUT: as ARJWright said, those of us choosing to take positions of leadership need to acknowledge that such a move brings on responsibility. We are ambassadors, not dictators. We should be diplomats, not character assassins.

In this case, Ricky was wrong on details and in my opinion wrong to rush to judgment about the hardworking developers. His rekindled passion got the best of him. But I know him well enough by now (we occasionally meet socially) to know that he is a decent guy and does want to learn. And I ask in this particular case that the community trust me: I am working with him and will have no problem whatsoever disabusing him of misguided notions when I'm aware of them.

Let's make the N900 the success we want it to be. Let's be amabassadors.