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Wow. I invite everyone to go actually read the Gleam’s homepage: https://gleam.run/ https://gleam.run/ After reading the discussion here, with our poor communi

by zellyn 2y ago

Wow. I invite everyone to go actually read the Gleam’s homepage: https://gleam.run/ https://gleam.run/ After reading the discussion here, with our poor community being “blinded by pathetic posturing” and such, I was expecting some kind of political polemic plastered over everything. Here’s the sum total of everything that could be considered political from the page: Friendly As a community, we want to be friendly too. People from around the world, of all backgrounds, genders, and experience levels are welcome and respected equally. See our community code of conduct for more. Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. No nazi bullsh*t. Which part of that can you possibly find objectionable? It seems the mere mention of anything political is seen as a transgression somehow. Like, Can’t we just go back to pretending we’re entirely apolitical, while the technologies we build reshape the political landscape of the entire planet?

lolinder 2y ago
Since I'm assuming you're at least half replying to me: I'm not objecting to any single part of that. I'm speaking of interactions I've had with the lead dev on this forum (linked in my comment) where they explicitly said that they don't stop at that and don't see any problem with enforcing "good vibes" on their community (their words), in a discussion that started with someone complaining that said lead dev had removed a negative emoji reaction that they had received on one of their own comments. Take the politics any way you like, I don't think you can build a healthy technical community that will solve problems in a healthy way under an admin who is casual in removing expressions of dissent about their moderation practices, justified under a policy as vague as "good vibes". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41413735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41413735
- felixgallo 2y ago
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by zellyn 2y ago

lolinder 2y ago

Since I'm assuming you're at least half replying to me: I'm not objecting to any single part of that. I'm speaking of interactions I've had with the lead dev on this forum (linked in my comment) where they explicitly said that they don't stop at that and don't see any problem with enforcing "good vibes" on their community (their words), in a discussion that started with someone complaining that said lead dev had removed a negative emoji reaction that they had received on one of their own comments. Take the politics any way you like, I don't think you can build a healthy technical community that will solve problems in a healthy way under an admin who is casual in removing expressions of dissent about their moderation practices, justified under a policy as vague as "good vibes". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41413735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41413735

felixgallo 2y ago
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