We: Look these concerns about harassment!

You: That's not so important, no one gets harassed here

We: look here, and here. This stuff.

You: Nah that doesn't happen to us, can't reproduce.

We: We really don't like that this happens, and we've put a lot of emotional labour into this project, we want to make it work!

You: Did you add code? No? Fork it! Bye Felicia!

We: OK! We're Forking it!

You: OMG FORKING IS SO FUCKING HOSTILE HOW DARE YOU!?

If Forking is Hostile, The Act of Telling someone to #ForkOff is equally hostile.

So. You know.

Gargamel asked us to #ForkOff, and here we are.

And if anyone needs receipts:

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/100137040814277612

@maloki I empathize with Eugen a bit because he was seriously getting some vitriol, and it's never fun to get flamed by like 40,000 people, but this post was an object lesson in why engaging the public when you're pissed is a terrible idea.

@Miredly Yeah, I have had a lot of sympathy for Gargron a lot of times I mean that's why I was working with him. That's why I wanted to be that buffer.

That's why I offered to come back, and got hired back for a month.

He didn't need me, my feedback wasn't welcome anymore.

So.... I was like. Can I fork? No... That'd be too antagonistic.

I spent all day dealing with "cut him some slack" "Just fork off" "You haven't contributed go away", from other people.