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someone "posting about AI" could mean sharing news articles about it instead of advocating for everyone to use claude right now. I think we could majorly benefit from stepping back and trying to understand the situation before trying to kick everyone out of the bar

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like, someone not content warning for something isn't doing it out of malice 99% of the time, it's just how they post and then everyone rolling in to yell at them for Not Doing That is just going to make them want to leave instead of accommodating everyone

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hm. having a kneejerk reaction into trying to dig in and understand what someone was trying to say just now is really making me think about how much of the fediverse has this Problem where we start bringing out pitchforks and dunking on people because they do something that we don't like

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@scottjenson yeah I had a pretty kneejerk reaction when I saw that comparison because it read like it was borderline racist to me.

I think that the fediverse should absolutely be better to minorities, especially Black communities, because we have had a pretty terrible track record in that regard. at the same time, a lot of people on here (and bluesky too!) are very tech-skeptic so of course posts about AI would be met with a negative response. I think there's some merit in trying to balance out supporting different and unique cultures but also understanding which topics might be considered taboo on here.

and then again, a lot of people have become very militant about the things that they don't like and should be a lot more accepting instead of immediately bringing out the pitchforks! I'll admit that I'm guilty of that too. everything is a huge delicate balance that I feel might be a good conversation if AI wasn't involved.

I'm just rambling at this point though

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@dumpsterqueer like yes we should work to become more inclusive and help minority communities feel safe on here, especially considering the fediverse's bad track record with that. but we do not in fact have to hand it to people peddling AI who use borderline if not actually racist analogies

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@rysiek honestly, there is some truth in that mastodon has way too high of a barrier to entry for the average person and absolutely didn't catch on beyond a bunch of curious linux users and developers. but we're definitely surviving and still experimenting here which is neat!

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open source software drama, nvim-treesitter

open source software developers are getting fed up and are finally recognizing that they can just fucking leave.

  • the owner of nvim-treesitter gets a really shitty comment from a user saying that the update to a required version broke their workflow
  • the owner replies saying "hey just pin what you need instead of mainlining it if you need this for an older version"
  • the shitty user replies back saying "go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people"
  • the owner says "OK." and ARCHIVES THE REPO

github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvi

like, holy shit, what a power move.

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