biohazel on Nostr: I want to share a situation and gauge the community’s thoughts on it. In Brazil, ...
I want to share a situation and gauge the community’s thoughts on it.
In Brazil, there is an organized hate group within Bitcoin development circles—the developers who are into Bitcoin and cluster together in technical communities—targeting women. These group members are influenced by popular figures who propagate anti-women’s rights and anti-feminist ideologies.
I’ve launched a Bitdevs in my city, the first in the country initiated by a woman. To make this happen, I had to compromise with developers who are members and promoters of this group to bootstrap the event.
When they discovered I had received a grant from the Human Rights Foundation to create a healthier environment for women developers, they couldn’t restrain themselves and began sabotaging my efforts intensely. We established a code of conduct to protect women, but it was completely disregarded. Their hateful agenda is not mild, and I have gathered a long collection of evidence in case we end up in court someday to seek justice.
Now, I am considering closing the Bitdevs to make it women-only. How do you feel about this? It’s either that or risking the event being overrun with gender-based hate and trolling.
I’m thinking of giving it one more try, keeping it open to all, but if the 4chan crowd strikes again with another hate prank, I may have to close it to women-only. Otherwise, we’ll end up with no Bitdevs that is healthy and respectful of our presence. We want to code and learn Bitcoin development, not deal with the constant disrespect because of our gender.
Imagine the uproar from the anti-woke crowd when they find out there’s a Bitdevs exclusive for women. Many people in Bitcoin communities seem to struggle to find legitimate reasons to feel outraged, and I suspect they might come after me with full force—fulfilling the very agenda we are trying to combat.
My sister Lorraine would likely advise me to close the event to women already, not to give it another try. But I keep holding onto the hope that the world around me will change, especially because I envision a Bitcoin development space that is fair and free from artificial barriers and covert wars disguised as cooperation.
Is anyone else facing similar issues in other parts of the world?
In Brazil, there is an organized hate group within Bitcoin development circles—the developers who are into Bitcoin and cluster together in technical communities—targeting women. These group members are influenced by popular figures who propagate anti-women’s rights and anti-feminist ideologies.
I’ve launched a Bitdevs in my city, the first in the country initiated by a woman. To make this happen, I had to compromise with developers who are members and promoters of this group to bootstrap the event.
When they discovered I had received a grant from the Human Rights Foundation to create a healthier environment for women developers, they couldn’t restrain themselves and began sabotaging my efforts intensely. We established a code of conduct to protect women, but it was completely disregarded. Their hateful agenda is not mild, and I have gathered a long collection of evidence in case we end up in court someday to seek justice.
Now, I am considering closing the Bitdevs to make it women-only. How do you feel about this? It’s either that or risking the event being overrun with gender-based hate and trolling.
I’m thinking of giving it one more try, keeping it open to all, but if the 4chan crowd strikes again with another hate prank, I may have to close it to women-only. Otherwise, we’ll end up with no Bitdevs that is healthy and respectful of our presence. We want to code and learn Bitcoin development, not deal with the constant disrespect because of our gender.
Imagine the uproar from the anti-woke crowd when they find out there’s a Bitdevs exclusive for women. Many people in Bitcoin communities seem to struggle to find legitimate reasons to feel outraged, and I suspect they might come after me with full force—fulfilling the very agenda we are trying to combat.
My sister Lorraine would likely advise me to close the event to women already, not to give it another try. But I keep holding onto the hope that the world around me will change, especially because I envision a Bitcoin development space that is fair and free from artificial barriers and covert wars disguised as cooperation.
Is anyone else facing similar issues in other parts of the world?