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Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals (devclass.com)

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[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've no love lost for the developers in question. But between the original two PRs and associated comments being from over three years ago, and the "trans woman [being called] 'spam" comment being said about a PR that seems pretty strongly to me to be meant as a sarcastic insult rather than a genuine contribution, I can't help but find it a little unconvincing.

It's not without merit by far. I feel that Kling's blog post not addressing the drama was in poor taste and may indicate a lack of self-improvement regarding the initial fuckup, and saying you want to "avoid alienating people" when closing a PR that aims to improve inclusivity is more than a little pathetic. I also understand not wanting bigots to be able to just bury their past and pretend they were never bigoted. It's just that the fiery response this has gotten still ends up feeling a bit disproportionate given how old the truly insulting issues were. Am I missing something?

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You seem to have missed this third PR, that was genuine, three days ago. It seemed to be the cause of the trans woman's sarcastic PR. The author of the article does mention it.

[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I saw that one. It's what I was referring to when I said "saying you want to 'avoid alienating people' when closing a PR that aims to improve inclusivity is more than a little pathetic." Criticizing the maintainer response there was one of the good parts of the blog post.

But the outcome of that doesn't really much change the fact that the sarcastic PR was sarcastic, and thus calling that PR spam is reasonable, whereas claiming they called the trans woman herself spam is not. To be clear, however: I've no issue with the sarcastic PR itself, only the framing of it in the blog post.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah okay that's a very reasonable take, and you're right that it kinda harms rather than helps the authors otherwise well-researched and structured argument.