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 threadSean Eric FaganAug 6, 2023

@cstross @NoraReed I have very strong opinions about both those people.

(For RMS, it's mostly: ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh, but the GPL and FSF have been huge, positive influences on my portion of the world.)

Show threadCharlie StrossAug 6, 2023
@kithrup @NoraReed Just think how much more good the FSF and GPL could have done if they were the product of someone who was charming, diplomatic, erudite, and not a serial abuser with bad personal hygeine!
Show threadSteve Downey

@cstross @kithrup @NoraReed
Being surrounded by hero worshipers who excuse, validate, and valorize all your bad behavior is a recipe to convert people into monsters.
Rock stars on tour, golden age SF authors at SF cons, techbro VCs, etc

Edit, for clarity: Doesn't make them not monsters, or excuse them.

Aug 6, 2023 at 3:55pmMegalodon