Stop Being a Gatekeeping Nerd (A Guide to Community)
You know the guy. The one who sneers if you don’t use Vim. The one who asks “Oh, you use Windows?” with a look of pity. That guy is killing your community.
If you want a community of 5 people who all smell like old Mountain Dew, keep gatekeeping. If you want a movement, you need to open the door.
The “Merit” Myth
“But we want quality!” you cry. Bullshit. You want people who look and think like you. Diversity isn’t “nice.” It’s evolutionary survival. Monocultures die. Polyculters thrive. If your meetup is just white dudes in hoodies talking about Haskell type systems, you are already dead.
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