meta, subtoot
I would very much like for the "concerned citizens" in question to start recognizing this pattern among themselves, and ask themselves why that is
sort of negative, rimworld
I think I've figured out why I don't like to play Rimworld in the way you're "supposed" to play it (where a disaster is just another story element) - because my actual communities in my actual life already constantly get destroyed by others, and I would for once like to build something and have it actually remain a nice place to live and exist
xz (sort of) meta, hierarchy
I find it very interesting to observe who describes Andres Freund as a "Microsoft engineer", vs. who describes them as a "PostgreSQL developer".
I feel like it tells you a lot about what someone values more - what someone actually does in society, vs. what their assigned role is in the hierarchy.
sort of negative, rimworld
I think I've figured out why I don't like to play Rimworld in the way you're "supposed" to play it (where a disaster is just another story element) - because my actual communities in my actual life already constantly get destroyed by others, and I would for once like to build something and have it actually remain a nice place to live and exist
I have yet to actually work with it, so I may run into some unexpected roadblock once I do that, but... yeah
The abusive behavior that was being used to manipulate Lasse Collin into bringing on more maintainers for #xz went unnoticed because abusive behavior in Open Source communities is so pervasive. In context, we can clearly see it was part of an orchestrated operation. Out of context, it looks like just another asshole complaining about stuff they have no right to complain about. https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/
Thirty spokes
meet in the hub.
Where the wheel isn’t
is where it’s useful.
Hollowed out,
clay makes a pot.
Where the pot’s not
is where it’s useful.
Cut doors and windows
to make a room.
Where the room isn’t,
there’s room for you.
So the profit in what is
is in the use of what isn’t.
(Dào Dé Jīng 11, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin)
"What if an AI got hyper-focused on making paperclips and destroyed us all?" asked the insufferable nerd, as corporations whose only directive is "make stock price go up" utterly destroyed the conditions favourable for human life
Can anyone suggest me some linkable sources that explain specifically how non-obvious bigotry works, and how to identify it as a moderator? Things like "just asking questions", misuse of statistics, and other forms that seem superficially legitimate if you're unfamiliar with their bigoted background.
(This is not for me; it's to have an all-in-one resource to link people to. So only sources that explain this in its entirety are useful, 'bits and pieces' are not helpful here, however well-intended)
CW-boost: ableism, captions
speculation, mention of trauma, re: Subtoot, CCC
@scy@chaos.social I often can't shake the feeling that this sort of "we cannot actively exclude anyone without very good reason" rhetoric in nerd circles, is just a manifestation of a sort of collective trauma around getting bullied, and having internalized the idea that excluding people makes you the bad person (regardless of circumstances)...
That then only gets applied to *active* exclusion and the implicit exclusion resulting from "not dealing with abusive people" is overlooked in the process
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