Online community and safety in software engineering
summary
Survey data show harassment is common — Pew: 4 in 10 Americans report online harassment — and that open source projects for social good face polarized, damaging attention (examples: Little Window, Refuge Restrooms). Empirical work finds policy uptake is slow — 32% of 3800 Code of Conduct conversations focus on creation — and platforms deploy mitigations like temporary interaction limits on GitHub and community tools such as Squad Box and iHeartMob. Recommendations are concrete: measure safety, assign human accountability, track sanctions, and publish transparent procedures.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50Why is safety important
- 3:29Psychological safety
- 5:30Collective action
- 6:34What has been successful
- 8:49Next generation
- 9:24Oneonone
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