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It's not clear in the update so, will "real names" be still enforced? I got banned three times from the Gopher's Slack workspace for using "John Smith" as my d
by guessmyname 8y ago
It's not clear in the update so, will "real names" be still enforced?
I got banned three times from the Gopher's Slack workspace for using "John Smith" as my display name. Dave Cheney was one of the admins who decided to block my account, we calmly discussed about it in private and came to the conclusion that, because of security concerns, I would never disclose my real identity. He stated that, as long as the code of conduct requires real names I would not be able to participate in any type of discussion in that Slack instance.
I have felt very sad because I continuously help the community by answering questions on StackOverflow, /r/golang and #golang in two different Slack workspaces where young people and professionals from other programming communities share their willing to migrate to Go because of the tooling and — according to many of them — the welcoming community, something that I also try to promote, which is kind of ironic because I have felt exactly the opposite since the enforcement of that document.
EDIT: As someone commented below, it seems that the admins of the Gophers Slack workspace are not associated in any way with the Go team, at all, so much that their code of conduct is completely different [1] and the only way to sign up for an account there is still the same from +4 years ago [2] a form that requires you to type your real name and agree with their community rules.
[1] https://github.com/gobridge/CodeOfConduct https://github.com/gobridge/CodeOfConduct
[2] https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org
- asfasgasg 8y agoThere's no reference to real names in the new code of conduct. I'm not sure if there was in the old one either. Perhaps the Slack channel has additional rules.
- 4ad 8y agoContributing to Go has always required real names for the purpose of signing the CLA. We have had some big problems with a contributor that wouldn't want to reveal his name in the early Go days (for anyone interested search for the atom symbol).