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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by pelasaco on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:18AM (#28718743)
Interesting, that "Age (over 40)" are cited as "Protected class". So people over 40, which feel harassed by many of these "new rules" can actually do something about it?
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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by awb on Friday October 01, 2021 @01:06PM (#28720968)
I think anyone can report anything they don't like.

It's more that insults against people over 40 (or that reference people over 40) will be taken seriously, where as insults against/referencing 20 year olds apparently won't be.

So, I'm assuming "ok boomer" would not be OK, but "ok junior" would be.

From reading the comments, it sounds like it's actually self-described "non-protected" folks that are proposing these rules. And the incident started with some male developers getting upset about a joke/insult about females.

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