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Comment by LunaSea | Hacker News Reader

Couldn't agree more.

This reminds me of the codes of conduct hell from a few years ago.

If nothing else, that while ordeal has shown you can get a job at GitHub even if your only marketable skill is harassing people.

im looking to jump, explain honkey

That is an interesting one. "The internet doesn't forget", they say, but all the bs and mudslinging around that got basically purged from the internet. It's impressive sometimes.

Every time I see a respectable project use a Code of Conduct I remind myself that, unfortunately, Caroline Ada won[1] and also that github will ban you if your code uses words they don't like[2]

[1] https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941

[2] https://github.com/nixxquality/WebMConverter/commit/c1ac0baa...

Eh. Some things can still change going forward while others won't. The future is unwritten.

I see cultural change as analogous to steering a large ship. You won't be doing any sharp turns but you can gradually move it in a different direction.

Don't worry, people archived quite a lot of it. As did I.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21386948

The GitHub issue I linked is gone but those archive links are still up.

Never forget the fact they laughed in people's faces when they tried to hold them accountable to their own rules.

This brutal article also came to mind:

https://zedshaw.com/blog/2020-10-07-authoritarianism-of-code...

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