>
> If that has traditionally been customary in open source then take note
> that node is breaking from that tradition in the interest of creating a
> more inclusive and humane community.


I hate to say it, but from all my observation of this community for the
last three years, I have to say the exact opposite is the case, and this is
only further evidence of it - except a few individuals, of which Ben was
one.

If people are not engaging in this project because we expect them to be
> civil then that's the tradeoff we have to make in order to appeal to all
> the people that won't engage with a community that is not civil.


I don't think people are staying away from Node because they are afraid of
not being able to let their prejudices fly free in a male dominated
environment.

I think they are staying away from the vitriol that seems to permeate
*every* discussion around here. It doesn't matter if it is something
impactful, like a core API, or this lynch-mob foofaraw that pushed Ben to
leave Node. I have *never in my life* seen a level of static electricity in
an open source community similar to this. So much for civility.

I find the final irony to be the fact that IMHO, Ben was the most civil of
all, or at least the most consistent civil voice. Others are free to
disagree with me, but I'm pretty sure everyone lost here.





On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Mikeal Rogers <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> On Dec 4, 2013, at 11:16AM, Alex Kocharin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The issue in that in opensource it's customary to base all commits on
> technical reasons.
>
>
> This opinion is clearly not shared by the project. To build and engage a
> community of humans there are human factors you must consider. Those are
> not technical, and they are important, more important than the technical
> minutia.
>
> If that has traditionally been customary in open source then take note
> that node is breaking from that tradition in the interest of creating a
> more inclusive and humane community.
>
> -Mikeal
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