what the f**k, geeks?
Seriously, WHAT THE F**ING F**KING F**K? Now, I've made a few small contributions to open-source software, and somewhat presumptively claim membership of the extended libre software community. I've been to (and played a very small part in organizing and running) a libre software conference, and I had a great time.
I used to be proud of all that. This - having my eyes opened to the prevalence of this kind of crap in the community - is making me wonder if it's something I can take pride in -- if it's possible to support the idealism and the philosophy without inadvertently supporting the horrid aspects of the culture. Gah!
Right, off to try and define my identity again. "Free software geek who tries not to be too much of an a-hole" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
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I used to be proud of all that. This - having my eyes opened to the prevalence of this kind of crap in the community - is making me wonder if it's something I can take pride in -- if it's possible to support the idealism and the philosophy without inadvertently supporting the horrid aspects of the culture. Gah!
Right, off to try and define my identity again. "Free software geek who tries not to be too much of an a-hole" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Posted originally at http://necaris.dreamwidth.org/117228.html (
comments). Please comment there using OpenID (your LJ will work as identity URL).