*trying desperately not to scream "I told you so" and "are you going to listen to women about abuse yet"* #github #opensource

Diversity in Open Source Is Even Worse Than in Tech Overall
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/diversity-open-source-even-worse-tech-overall

As Mastodon keeps inviting abusers to the party - DUH.

@GinnyMcQueen honestly I don't really get the problem here. I've never seen discrimination in open source. Most of the time no one even knows who you are beyond your email address and whether or not your patch is getting upstreamed.

@sir Discrimination is not always or even mostly "on purpose". See https://peerj.com/articles/cs-111/

It's provable that people who are obviously identifiable as women (or on other minority axes) are less likely to be *allowed* to contribute, because of unconscious bias.

"I haven't seen it" is really not a good reason to say it's not a problem. Pretend this is a user bug report. "I don't see it" isn't a good reason to ignore it

@GinnyMcQueen