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[–] ormr@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So you think you can draw a connection between someone's views on inclusive language and whether an individual or org can be trusted with software security.

I'm sorry but to me this line of thinking is bonkers. The two things have nothing to do with each other whatsoever. What if a conservative individual argued that they have trust issues with an open source project because it features inclusive language now? The person might argue that they don't understand why devs would devote their limited time to such cosmetics instead of focusing on code quality. How would you view this argument? On Lemmy it would probably be ridiculed, and rightfully so. Yet it's the same line of thinking that I see if I interpreted your comment correctly.

[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Look, the dev is a reactionary. He lists that the browser is unstable and intended for devs. So IF I were to use it, that would mean reporting issues and/or fixing issues myself. I'm not interested in working with a reactionary. So I will not be using this browser. You're welcome to use the browser if you want. At this time, I'm not interested.

[–] ormr@lemm.ee -5 points 4 months ago

Sure everyone's free to use it or not, contribute to it or not. That's not related to my argument. I was only talking about making a connection between someone's political views and how much trust they deserve when it comes to e.g. security.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Thats because you don't view it as a moral failing. How would racist language rank. What about nazi stuff. I mean none of that technically effects trustworthiness for running an org. Well ah. unless your the particular thing.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

interesting idea, I guess maybe we just think like that in selfishness? (idk if selfish is the right word here) if someone was to become the lead dev of a project like this and they were extremely hateful of my culture in particular or something, i'd prolly not want that guy to be the lead dev, but if they're not doing any harm i guess that's just my selfishness wanting them to reflect my views so my views get more recognised in society through the platform that they've earned? (though that'd be quite justified)

overall though if that person wasn't causing actual harm, just publicly having that view there's no harm done and it'd be the most resource efficient to just let that person be. i'd probably complain but that's probably because we evolved to prioritise our own interests above that of society as a whole.

though we all live in democracies and developers of foss projects shouldn't have to be where we gain our political voice, but I guess we just aren't there yet.