* Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005:08:17 18:46 +0200]: > --- Patty Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Huh. That's funny. The last person from LinuxChix that I remember being > > around was quite rude, belligerent, intolerant and completely and totally > > insensitive to people when a disagreement was brought to light. She was > > quite possibly one of the loudest and flamiest people that have been /on/ > > this list since it started. > > > > I think, perhaps, the overall "tone" of any group, then, must be in the > > "ear" of the beholder, because *I* was personally soured on LinuxChix thanks > > to that one person, just as you've been soured on Debian-Women thanks to > > this one thread. > > I've been a member of LinuxChix lists for some time (I joined them even before > I've heard of D-W) and I've often found a very polite and friendly environment > there. I do not write a lot there anyway, but I think it's a great group :)
I'm not sure that a LinuxChix vs. DW conversation is entirely productive. There's not a huge overlap between the two groups in terms of membership (AFAIK) and while I won't claim the purposes of the groups are mutually exclusive, they do differ a great deal. It's entirely possible or likely that people who desire a community like LinuxChix will not feel DW is appropriate for them and vice versa. I don't think anyone should be terribly bothered by this either -- I know that often in groups like this, it seems like a terrible loss if even one woman wants to leave since we're so focused on getting more women involved and as a result, every conflicting discussion seems way scarier than any of the subject matter it touches, but seriously. It's not the end of the world. It's also terribly unfair to judge an entire group of people by experiences with one person -- given the size of LinuxChix and the massive variation of conversation topics on their many lists, not to mention the amount of people who contribute to them, no real conclusions can be drawn about their environment. It varies way too much. -- off the chain like a rebellious guanine nucleotide -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
