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minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·12 hours agoit seems he had banned a user for account names that were inappropriate and is being accused of being transphobic as a result. i didn’t see any evidence in the screen shots posted that shows he did anything harmful. just a lot of accusations.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThanks. Transphobic is not nice, but there’s too much trolling online to indulge blatantly offensive/sexual usernames on an open source project. You can be trans without creating a hostile work environment.
it seems he had banned a user for account names that were inappropriate and is being accused of being transphobic as a result.
i didn’t see any evidence in the screen shots posted that shows he did anything harmful. just a lot of accusations.
Thanks.
Transphobic is not nice, but there’s too much trolling online to indulge blatantly offensive/sexual usernames on an open source project.
You can be trans without creating a hostile work environment.