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Re:Rust: The wrong people are resigning by bsder on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @05:11PM (#36130868)
If you have to be part of the "secret backchannel" to know what's really going on, maybe that's the fundamental problem, no?

"Inclusiveness" is messy, annoying, irritating ... I can go on and on.

But Rust chose that. This was an explicit goal. With a Code of Conduct that attempts to enforce that.

What did people expect was going to happen when you have a "secret insider cabal" that, though their actions, is clearly in direct conflict with that explicit goal?

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Re:Rust: The wrong people are resigning by unconed on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @08:37AM (#36137620)
Spoiler: the kind of person who will inject themselves into a community to make it more "inclusive and diverse" is exactly the same kind of person who will join or create a secret insider cabal.

The venn diagram is a circle.

https://status451.com/2017/05/18/the-backchannel-is-the-mess...

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Re:Rust: The wrong people are resigning by jollyllama on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:18PM (#36140110)
Exactly. GP is taking them at their word. "Inclusiveness" in this case is nothing more than a signifier for the friend/enemy distinction. I would add: backchannels are simply the way of the world.
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