Nora ReedAug 6, 2023
anything to avoid actually calling in your boys to tell them to shut the fuck up sometimes lol https://cosocial.ca/@evan/110839737998715967
Evan Prodromou (@[email protected])

Hi, fediverse Web and mobile client developer. What if you added a speed bump in the reply flow to slow down users for just a moment? "Do you really want to reply to X? Will they appreciate your reply?" Maybe just the first time they reply to someone; maybe easily turned off in settings. If it makes people think for just a moment, it might help with making the fediverse a more welcoming place for women.

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Show threadNora ReedAug 6, 2023
the mansplaining problem is a cultural one with mastodon because it's full of cis men who have put more thought into their linux flavor of choice than they ever have about whether their behavior is useful or wanted. it cannot be solved with the twitter popup that says "are you sure you want to post this?" when you tell someone to eat shit
Show threadNora ReedAug 6, 2023
i don't get mansplained to nearly as much on bluesky, and that's not because bluesky stumbled on some kind of magical feminist UI design, it's because mastodon is dominated by FOSS nerds, who have a terrible culture
Show threadCharlie StrossAug 6, 2023
@NoraReed FOSS as a movement owes a lot to Richard M. Stallman and Eric S. Raymond—in all the worst ways imaginable.
Show threadJoshua A.C. NewmanAug 6, 2023
@cstross @NoraReed I choked down a couple chapters of The Cathedral & The Bazaar before concluding that any idea Eric Raymond had was much less important to Eric Raymond than Eric Raymond is to Eric Raymond.
Show threadFlorianTischnerAug 6, 2023

@JoshuaACNewman

@cstross @NoraReed

https://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/page/60

Everybody loves Eric Raymond – Page 60 – A comic featuring esr, rms, Linus and others

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@FlorianTischner @JoshuaACNewman @cstross @NoraReed Back when Scott Siskind was trying to keep his blog articles mask-on but letting the comment section rip, Eric Raymond was a regular, ranting about the need for guns and preparing for the coming race war. I didn't know then he was known for anything else, he just came across as a sub-Sailerian nasty little racist.
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