When I saw
@awesomekling’s post about Mastodon vs Twitter in my feed I thought “Hmm, I enjoy both” and moved on.
A bit later, I read a few toots and pieced the context together.
TL;DR: People todaynoticed that in 2021
@awesomekling closed a PR¹ with this tiny change:
The reason given: “This project is not an appropriate arena to advertise your personal politics.”
Lolwut?
My dude, using “he” accidentally for someone of unknown gender happens to many of us. But doubling down on it is advertising YOUR personal politics.
The singular “they” has been in use since the 14th century² and is the correct way to refer to someone of unknown gender.
Educate yourself ffs. If you still don’t get it, maybe try to imagine reading these instructions if they used “she”.
Such a bummer. I, like many others, was excited to see an independent browser being developed. Why can’t we have nice things? 😔
¹ The PR:
github.com/SerenityOS/sereni…
²
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singul…
Some folks have asked why I’m not active on Mastodon.
Simple answer: I like it here. X is full of positive energy and “let’s build!”
Meanwhile, Mastodon is full of negative energy and “stuff sucks and it’s someone else’s fault”
To protect my own mental health, I choose to hang out in predominantly optimistic social spaces.