@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems
2026-09-22 16:20 UTC
Virtually EVERYONE I know has a bullying story from FOSS. The fact that this is considered very normal and just part of the culture is a huge problem. The fact people have pushed back very hard against those who speak out against it are also part of the problem. Many of the bullies are prominent developers. Some eventually realise they’re burning bridges. Others I swear to God were born assholes and will die assholes. Many users and advocates have rancid behaviour too. Attempting to call it out usually leads to attacks on your beliefs, because that’s how the culture works.
You know how an asshole protects themselves? They make themselves indispensable. Look at David Tolnay. It’s very hard to avoid his crates. Any attempt to get reflection into Rust has to go through a David Tolnay-shaped wall because it would make serde obsolete or at least trivial to rewrite.
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@Elizafox@social.treehouse.systems 2026-09-22 16:30
I predate this AI bullshit. Do not mistake me for being new. Do not tell me the asinine behaviour around it is recent or somehow understandable. It really fucking ain’t recent. It’s just a new, more acceptable outlet. Bullying has predated all this. It will continue after the AI companies go bust and the bullies will take the credit for all the externalities that ended it to entrench themselves further. I know how this works. Don’t gaslight me.