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<h1>Consistency</h1>
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<time>Sunday, April 4, 2021</time>
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<p>I’ve seen a lot of talk about this stuff:</p>
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<li>“Check out my FOSS project (hosted on Github)”</li>
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<li>“Wayland is a great innovation and boon to the community! Also, there are very few tools/alternatives available yet for your favorite X11 tool!”</li>
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<li>“We love open source! Also, we develop the most popular proprietary operating system!”</li>
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<li>“Do as I say, not as I do.”</li>
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<p>We love to poke fun at and expose this kind of stuff, which is all fine and
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dandy. I think it’s an interesting (and important) part of our humanity that
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this kind of thing bugs us so much. Think about that last point, which at least
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in my experience, is something I <em>loved</em> to fault authorities for.</p>
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<p>Hypocrisy is fun and also infuriating to uncover in others, but how often do
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we do a “consistency check” on ourselves? Is what we are saying evidenced by
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the rest of our actions?</p>
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<p>That’s a hard look sometimes. I know it is for me, since I’m <strong>very</strong> quick
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to judge others, but don’t often think about how I fail at my own principles.</p>
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<p>Example: As a FOSS advocate, it’s nearly natural to assume that everything will
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be better and easier with more people using FOSS. When evidence seems to point
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to the contrary (e.g. fighting with Matrix/Element to get it working for my
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family and friends), I don’t own up to the fact that it isn’t easier, and that
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is an actual problem.</p>
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<p>If we truly want to build a welcoming and wholesome community, let’s be careful
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to do a consistency check to make sure nothing smells foul.</p>
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<p>Have any questions? Let me know on <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@joel:thebeckmeyers.xyz">Matrix</a>, or start a discussion on <a href="https://social.beckmeyer.us/TinfoilSubmarine">Fediverse</a>!</p>
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