A common problem I notice on the internet is the lack of awareness of many problems in the world. Of which, there are times when someone may be aware of the problem, but not to what extent. One of the common problems is a lack of effort to raise awareness and protect marginalized groups, particularly in the free and open-source software (FOSS) community. In this article, we’re going to go over the problems associated with not raising awareness and protecting marginalized groups. I’ll also go over the “keep politics out of FOSS” demand from many free software activists who oppose raising awareness.
  • @[email protected]English
    -1•1 year ago

    I once suggested in feature request that it would be great if an open source app that shall not be named added access to a particular site. My request was immediately denied because the FOSS app owner did not agree with that site’s politics. That is the day I realized that even the FOSS world is not beyond playing politics with their products and are not very different in these terms to the closed source apps that I escaped from.

    • @shrugalEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      People in FOSS are still regular people with opinions and biases. The difference is that you can fork the code and remove the restriction yourself, or ask someone else to do it for you.

      • @[email protected]English
        -1•1 year ago

        Thanks for the suggestion but I was raising the exact point that it becomes difficult to remove beliefs and politics in any forum whether Fediverse or otherwise.

        • @shrugalEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          In the Fediverse it’s both harder and easier to get rid of believes you don’t agree with. You can ban them from your own instance or join one that agrees with you, but not remove them from the network entirely.

          Your freedom to choose is the same as everybody else’s freedom to choose. If you want to get rid of those believes for good then I’m afraid you’ll have to convince people the old fashioned way.