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I know it's impossible but it would be very interesting to see how the participants in each list break down by $IDENTITY_GROUP.

Edit: it seems some people are not interested in this data

I could see companies starting to screen applicants using these lists.

Different companies would choose which list to use according to their own politics and culture.

Totally hypothetical: Coinbase and Google will probably turn rms-open-letter into a denylist. Twitter will do the opposite.

This is all conjecture, but I could see it happening. It's why I feel I shouldn't sign.

One list is full of people who have achieved big things, and are in positions of power.

The other is full of throwaway and inactive github accounts.

which isn't particularly surprising if people are worried about getting cancelled.

(FWIW I haven't signed either, and don't know enough about RMS' actions to commit to a perspective).

There's already a script to block people on GitHub based on signing one of the letters, written by an infosec furry (but i repeat myself):