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Re:Inclusive Coding Bot on GitHub by gaws on Friday April 01, 2022 @11:58AM (#30879582)
> We've had two different new hires try to set up Slack bots with autoresponse complaints whenever someone says "guys", and now I know it's not just some weird idea they both happened to have.

Why are new hires allowed to make bots on a company Slack server. Take away their privileges. Problem solved.

Re:Inclusive Coding Bot on GitHub by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:26PM (#30879987)
Well, why not? People deciding to code Slack bots on their own initiative has done a lot of good for us, and the problem was easily solved in both cases by removing the slack bots and (I've heard secondhand) a short private conversation about it. If we ever get to a point where leaders aren't willing to push back against a "guys" bot, presumably anyone who wants to build one would be able to get through whatever approval process could be put in place.