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 (DIR) Post #B1GqG0vyqBaWy02Qfw by elettrona@poliversity.it
       2025-12-15T07:42:34Z
       
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       This is my personal profile, I talk for myself; but I find a relevant hypocrisy on some "codes of conduct". During WordCamp where I was a speaker, I couldn't say the popular synonym of "testicle" in Venetian dialect because it could be considered obscene. No matter if in that specific context it was not referred to human body but to a Venetian bridge's architectural structure which is invisible to eyes, people even don't know it exists, but it's fundamental for the bridge's stability. It's the anchor-stone. I wanted to refer to that, talking about RSS feeds and the role they have.Well, I couldn't say that word so I changed the topic in "human brain is invisible to eyes but it's fundamental". However the meaning is not the same, because everyone knows about brain's existence. But not anchor-stones existence, and not RSS. That popular non-technical word would have impressed people more, I think. Even for a smile.But that's a taboo.On the other side, we have Mullenweg who defined "a CANCER" one of his competitors. No matter if there are several people with cancer, around the world. First Italian WordPress translator died of cancer in 2022. But a leader can freely talk that way without direct consequences? We have politicians all over the world who build entire campaigns, and their popularity, on hate speech. Dozens of newspapers earning on rage bait articles. So? The problem is a vulgar word placed in a non-vulgar context? #language #speaking #NoHateSpeech #bigots #WordPress
       
 (DIR) Post #B1GqG1qLScftmoPRWy by giacomo@snac.tesio.it
       2025-12-15T08:08:29Z
       
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       @elettrona@poliversity.it#CodeOfConducts do not exist to protect the weakest from harm, but to protect space's leaders from blame (and responsibility).Without a #CoC, a community and its leaders are explicitly accountable for how they handle conflicts on a per case basis. With a CoC, leaders can exploit weak minorities to push their own agenda through a mostly uniform and conformist community.Iow, CoC are designed to force a US-workspace like behaviour on people contributing for free, so that they are easier to manage (and exploit) as #FreeLabor.But when you point this out, those same leaders will mount a rage mob against you.That's why say #FOSDEM becomes a testimonial of companies that support a #genocide, like #Google or #Microsoft, %ak*n_ their money and let their employees to talk. And also why I'll never attend to one.