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0 pointsjakelazaroff7y ago0 comments

> It also adds language about debias.

I'm confused as to why debiasing here is bad. If your contention is that bias doesn't exist, then this shouldn't have any effect. And if the distribution of authority does have a bias other than "ability and contributions to the project", why wouldn't they want to fix that?

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OCASM7y ago

"The project also seeks to debias this system of distributing authority through active interventions that engage and encourage participation from diverse communities."

That sounds a lot like affirmative action.

tomp7y ago

Exactly, it’s equivalent to saying “meritocracy”, except that it uses words approved by the far-left in place of a word disapproved by them.

jakelazaroffOP7y ago

Insofar as many people's definition of meritocracy seems to preclude any consideration of someone's race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, etc, they're not equivalent.

Bias can't be addressed by ignoring attributes you suspect to be affected by it. In the new wording Mozilla explicitly commits to address bias, which is important.

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