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Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability (www.404media.co)

submitted 7 months ago by toaster@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. His workload was insane and unending, and if crap code made its way through, he'd get a portion of the blame. It's very human to lash out in the way he did, particularly when he frequently saw the same mistakes over and over again.

But it's right that he made steps to not act in that way anymore. Linux developer burnout is bad enough even without Linus and others publicly calling you a shithead or telling you to kill yourself when you fuck up.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yup. My point was that it's not necessarily autism or bullying that brought us here, but years of dealing with people who should know better. I'm glad he's toned it down though, but I did secretly enjoy reading his creative insults (and wouldn't want to be on the receiving end).