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It is a troll: feministsoftwarefoundation@loves.dicksinmyan.us (https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation)
by MetaCosm 13y ago
It is a troll: feministsoftwarefoundation@loves.dicksinmyan.us (https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation) ...
What is amazingly sad is that an obvious troll was taken seriously. Has the discussion gotten so skewed that obvious trolls can't be seperated from real complaints?
Swift action was taken out of fear -- fear of being called a sexist, fear of being judged... it just makes me sad all around.
- mtrimpe 13y agoI wasn't sure if it was a troll or a mentally unstable person (although trolls arguably are too,) but either way this was still an excellent way to deal with this. Ideally Chris would've made the troll improve the correctness of his edits, in which case they might actually end up having a net positive effect, but it was still handled pretty well.
- MetaCosm 13y agoReally? Gotta be honest, I found it sad. Not on behalf of the troll -- it is a clever sort of social commentary (if it was intentional social commentary). Pointing out with a bright light that we will apply insane patches rather than even be lightly brushed with the label sexist.
- codygman 13y agoFear? Or perhaps empathy? If someone claims to feel excluded by my language and it doesn't pain me to fix that, why shouldn't it be fixed?
- MetaCosm 13y agoIt did pain him to fix it. As he said, it was other peoples code that is included (and will be replaced on next pull)... and other parts where even song lyrics (from Monty Python Lumberjack). Changing others people code or song lyrics makes no sense.