The Source of Change: Bettering Online Open Source Communities... with Kattni
summary
Recording presents a six‑year community experiment that built a safe welcoming supportive community and kept it that way with a strictly enforced code of conduct, arguing that small concrete actions scale. Cites hard numbers — 56% of adults report harassment, 41% face severe forms, 91% see it as a problem — and offers tactics: adopt visible guidelines, enforce consistently, confront harassers and collaborators, report small incidents, plan exits, and prioritize self‑care to avoid burnout.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:52Online harassment persists
- 7:17Building inclusive communities
- 10:46Communication in open source
- 14:15Acknowledging effort
- 15:18Confronting harassment
- 18:07Self-care and burnout
- 21:20Key takeaways
- 23:05Q&A
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