Social Animus
The article discusses the challenges of collaboration in open source projects, particularly regarding anonymous contributions. It highlights a specific incident involving a developer's experience with the community's reaction to their work and the impact of anonymity on collaboration. The author reflects on their journey and the competitive advantages gained through monitoring community feedback.
- ▪The Contributor Covenant was created to address inclusion in open source projects during the culture wars of the 2010s.
- ▪The author experienced backlash after collaborating with an anonymous developer, leading to personal health issues due to stress.
- ▪Despite initial positive reactions, the community's dynamics shifted when a member felt threatened, resulting in canceled speaking invitations.
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| Original publisher | Justine |
| Canonical URL | https://justine.lol/animus/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 28 May 2026 20:20:17 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-28T20:29:37.587Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-28T20:29:37.587Z |
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May 28th, 2026 @ justine's web page Social Animus recent photo by @thepsyence The most difficult challenge to working in open source is that there's no institutional screening process, since the goal is to just let people organize themselves and build things. This has meant that many of the people who get involved have never had the opportunity to work with the most exemplary members of each group the world has to offer. During the culture wars of the 2010s, the first person who tried to solve the problem of how to include these uncommon individuals was Coraline Ada Ehmke, who wrote the Contributor Covenant.
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