I share Samson's view that it's the (perceived) echo chamber and people-centricity that causes a lot of the drama. I tried arguing it softly at #966323, but with no impact. Banning people from GH will increase the echos in the chamber.

However, the solution he mentions, to maintain a robust, non-corruptible version (I assume of the Bitcoin Core codebase) that ossifies hard, is something taking the role that I'd wish Bitcoin Core to be.