Mozilla didn't fire Brendan. Brendan made his own decision to step down as CEO and leave the company as he felt the impact from social media was doing more harm than good and preventing him from fulfilling his duties as CEO. You can read more here: *https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/ I, as a volunteer, do know how you feel. As an insider, I can say that it's not as bad as the media makes it seem. Mozilla is a huge group of really awesome people who strive to make the Web a better place. Furthermore, this thread is off-topic and shouldn't be discussed here as this is a place meant for technical support. If you would like to discuss this further, please post in the governace list. *https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance I'll be closing this thread as this is off-topic. This is not to silence you but to give you the information that I currently have and to direct you to the appropriate place for this type of discussion. You can look at these pages too * http://blog.gerv.net/2014/04/your-ire-is-misdirected/ * https://medium.com/p/7645a4bf8a2 * http://planet.mozilla.org