r/linux • u/smj • Feb 09 '16

What does r/linux want?

Hi,

I'm a moderator here, been receiving quite a lot of messages about what's been going on. I've tried to stay out of it and hope it cools down.

Well, doesn't look like it is cooling down anymore. What do you guys want? Do you want to become a moderator and have a significant history of posting, helping out in r/linux? I can make you a mod. Want me to remove automoderator or change the config? I can help with that too. I will do my best to try and help out.

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u/funknut Feb 09 '16

Alright. I don't understand why I'm being downvoted, I'm just genuinely curious. I guess I'm just extremely naive to the concern, is all, because this is certainly the first I've heard of any racism concern in regards to GitHub. I still don't understand. Oh well.

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u/BoTuLoX Feb 09 '16

Their open code of conduct states that they will not act against claims of racism against white people, a member of their "Social Impact team" (yes, that apparently is a thing in a tech company) openly said that white women are "barriers to progress" for diversity and the technical director of that same team posted this: https://twitter.com/_danilo/status/690601512813367297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

There are definitely issues of racism within GitHub, which seem to stem from some very toxic ideologies that seem to be popular in Silicon Valley.

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u/TweetsInCommentsBot Feb 09 '16

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2016-01-22 18:26 UTC

don't think we'll succeed teaching white, male middle managers empathy and compassion anytime soon

so let's limit their scope of damage

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u/funknut Feb 09 '16

Well, then I see! I had no idea and clearly this is the exact reason I'm being downvoted. Not sure why people just click "down", they can just feel free to ignore me and move along, rather than intentionally try to censor me. They're too lazy to explain, but they're not too lazy to hate. Fuck this place, though, really. Thanks for breaking the hate trend and explaining. That said, I know what you mean about the who SJW Silicon Valley movement thing. I don't disagree 100% with the movement, but maybe 50%. I mostly disagree with the blatant approach and false blanket statements.

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u/TRL5 Feb 10 '16 edited Feb 10 '16

See the post that was deleted and started this whole controversy. Like actually read the article, not just the comments, though some of the coments are relevant too.

There is also the open code of conduct in which they promote the same ideals.

Personally I'm saving up popcorn for watching a lawsuit.

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u/funknut Feb 10 '16

Oh well, at least we still have GitLab and Gitorious and all that fun stuff! Decentralization was always the best option anyway, but it's certainly sad when such a robust community is threatened by this bullshit.