Hi, me again, I'd like to propose this as input to summit. I think we should drive this forward and make progress, which means:
1. adopting a more modern CoC (as linked within this thread) and/or adapting
our CoC to more explicitly promote safety of marginalized groups,
2. AND: actually enforcing the CoC in our venues (these days mostly jdev@
sticks out as potentially problematic; switching operators@ to moderated with
auto-voicing of actual operators definitely helped there, even though it's not
perfect).
If either of these two things does not happen rather soon-ish, the already
existing invisible division I mentioned in the thread will become very very
apparent, potentially causing a fork in the community.
Mind that I am *not* available for driving this forward (except by copying a
(to me) known-good CoC into XEP-0458 with minor changes to be immediately
approved by Board), for one simple reason: I am tired of fighting windmills in
this organization. I have tried as Editor, and I've tried here. Maybe we have
a silent majority which supports the change this organization needs (in my
opinion, anyway), but maybe not. If we do have that majority, I would love for
the people to raise their voices in threads like these.
kind regards,
Jonas
On Donnerstag, 25. April 2024 18:01:20 MEZ Jonas Schäfer wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Going through the CoC again, I notice that it has a few gaps we should
> probably address.
>
> While the current wording explicitly prohibits racist language, there are a
> lot of other *-isms which are unfortunately quite present in various spaces
> on the XMPP network and which sometimes roll into XSF rooms.
>
> I do not think that we want to be perceived as, for instance, an
> anti-LGBTQIA+ community, so we should extend the CoC to:
>
> a) send the clear message to the world that we won't tolerate behaviour
> that, and
> b) give our moderators (that includes me in some places) the necessary
> holding to enforce when necessary
>
> Concretely, I propose that we add to 2.4 Be respectful, the following items
> on
> the list of things to avoid:
> > - Use of racist, misogynistic, anti-trans, anti-gay, ableist slurs, or
> > other>
> > derogatory pejoratives for oppressed identity groups against such
> > groups.
> >
> > - Blatantly racist, casteist, ableist, sexist, anti-trans, or otherwise
> >
> > offensive and bigoted discourse.
>
> In addition, before the list of things to avoid, I would like to add:
> > Respect others requests for space. That includes to disengage from a
> > discourse if your partner(s) indicate that they do not want to discuss a
> > topic any further. It is not easy to let someone be "wrong" on the
> > internet, but boundaries are there to be respected.
>
> To section 2.5 ("Be friendly and supportive"), I would like to add after the
> first paragraph:
> > This includes being mindful of the abilities of others; nobody is born an
> > expert in anything and we all had to learn at some point. Be supportive of
> > newcomers and learners. Do not be patronizing or condescending.
>
> I may propose a PR against XEP-0458, but before doing so I wanted to offer
> this for discussion on this list.
>
> kind regards,
> Jonas
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