James Smith 💾
Quite amused at the attempt to get me to accept a way-over-the-top stereotypically-"woke" edit to the open letter that's quite obviously been rewritten by ChatGPT. At least it's more creative than most of the lazy and predictable abuse so far.
Sep 25, 2025 at 11:30pmWeb
Show threadTalaSep 26, 2025

@Floppy I saw the PR was closed, so I’m following up here. I drafted those edits myself. I used a new account to participate for safety—avoiding potential harassment on my work GitHub for obvious reasons.

I reached out to collaborate, and proposed minimal edits to make the language more inclusive of all peoples.

I ask that anonymity for safety not be treated as bad faith. Some of us don’t come from a place of privilege and financial stability.

Show threadJames Smith 💾Sep 26, 2025

@talanbb if that’s true then I apologise, but I’m afraid I have to be paranoid and not play into the hands of those who would write this off as (in their words) woke-gone-mad.

You found my email, so if you want you can reach out to me privately from your real accounts so I can be sure this isn’t an attack.

Also, I’ll ask others for more opinions on the PR next week, maybe they can help me determine if I’m wrong.

Show threadjake lazaroffOct 7, 2025
@Floppy this person is a troll btw https://mastodon.social/@talanbb/115334080331777565
Show threadJames Smith 💾Oct 7, 2025
@jakelazaroff haha, that person tried to sabotage the letter by ChatGPTing it into hyper-over-the-top nonsense. It was actually one of the more creative attempts to subvert it, I’m kinda disappointed they’ve reverted to standard name calling after I saw right through them.