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Have you ever been a part of a group and said "hey lets lay down some ground rules" for people's conduct? Maybe you would want to even go further then the law t
by comrh 11y ago
Have you ever been a part of a group and said "hey lets lay down some ground rules" for people's conduct? Maybe you would want to even go further then the law to help enable a friendly environment.
- x5n1 11y agoYes and so we went down the slippery slope. The law is enough, anything more is pushing your own values on other people.
- comrh 11y agoYou're free to not participate or start your own organization though, there is no pushing. Github also isn't applying this to every repo you have on the site, just their own - which they have ever right to do.
- exstudent2 11y agoThey may not be pushing but Github as a technical tool amassed a community of millions of users based on its functionality. Now it's espousing radical politics as a company. Politics many users most likely don't support (based on my personal opinion and discussion about this around the web). They are free to do as they like but trying to introduce their politics into a non-political community/userbase is a bad idea. I predict this will not work out well for them.
- comrh 11y agoDjango Python Ubuntu All have radical politics for adopting similar CoCs? They're also not applying it to all of github, just projects they maintain. And every community is political, that line just gets used anytime someone raises a concern about something to shut it down.
- exstudent2 11y agoYes, any project that introduces these sexist/racist changes is pushing radical politics. That's why so many people are up in arms! The tech community has been invaded top down by radicals. Seemingly around 50% or us aren't happy with this situation.
- x5n1 11y agoThis line of argument stems from the totalitarian hierarchical nature of a corporation which is a dictatorship. The argument boils down to excommunicating yourself for not following the Kings rules. Just like "don't buy the product" line, it does not work on an individual level.
- x5n1 11y agoAlso it's not just "friendly". If you made some rules, now people can bring those rules to bear upon other people and get them ridiculed and shunned for not following them in addition to any steps the provider might actually take. It's just more bullshit to worry about for no reason.
- comrh 11y agoRidiculed and shunned for not doing things like "Be considerate" and stopping "Unwelcome sexual attention, including gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour". The only thing you have to worry about is not being a jerk though. Are you angry you can't do those things anymore?
- x5n1 11y agoI feel that you're harassing me and I think I should report you to the mods as well as write a post calling you out for your baseless ad-hominem attacks and libel. You should immediately be banned from this site! Open CoC fired!
- 13thLetter 11y agoIn what sense is explicit endorsement of harassment and discrimination based on someone's race or gender a "friendly environment"?