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> they were genuine about the request Who are you to make a judgement about that? How do you make that judgement? Or would it only happen if it is about links
by sebazzz 6y ago
> they were genuine about the request
Who are you to make a judgement about that? How do you make that judgement? Or would it only happen if it is about links to racism. If I say I'm offended about you having a Christmas hat as icon during Christmas, who are you to say no?
And this is actually happened at the VS Code repo - someone felt offended about a Christmas hat. I think they eventually decided he was a troll - but what if he was actually genuine?
- mercer 6y agoI very much agree with the person you're responding to, and this example would be one I similarly wouldn't mind correcting. Sure, I don't have issues with Christmas hats and probably I'd wait to hear from at least more than one single person. But changing the icon knowing that it made one of my users happy would be trivial. Sure, refusing to would be my right, and perhaps it would only 'lose' me this one user. But deciding to change the icon would make me feel warm and fuzzy because I removed an obstacle to probably a few users. Because if I squint I can sorta see their point. Of course there are limits and of course these are fuzzy. But I can totally see how multiple people might find a Christmas hat offensive, even if I personally think it's really silly. Anything else than making a call that doesn't cost much and alleviates others' concerns feels to me like being petty for political sakes. I don't like that.