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Re:Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice” by icebraining on Friday June 28, 2019 @04:43AM (#20302536)
I think the microaggression is not explicitly stating that those negative experiences exist while making that broad statement ("contributing to OSS is a good way to get started"), and thereby disregarding/minimizing/ignoring the people who had those experiences, harming them.
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Re:Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice” by criddell on Friday June 28, 2019 @09:21AM (#20303988)
Oy. An article or talk where every point includes a disclaimer (or even a YMMV) would be pretty tedious. Katie started her talk saying it was an anecdote and it's too bad that a blanket statement in the preamble isn't good enough.
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Re:Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice” by icebraining on Friday June 28, 2019 @09:51AM (#20304255)
Oh, I don't disagree, just passing on what I understood from the tweets :)
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