Hacking In-Group Bias for Fun and Profit
summary
An open source community built from LiveJournal code (≈250k LOC) runs with ~50–60 volunteers, ~2/3 women and ~65% who never coded before, and uses concrete levers to change bias: separate social vs dev IRC channels, an IRC code of conduct, a public diversity statement, documented jargon and a quotes DB, icons for “I survived open beta” after a brutal launch week, and a feedback 321 system. Cited psychology: minimal group paradigm and studies showing shared identity reduces intergroup threat and that women show stronger automatic ingroup bias.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50General Perceptions
- 2:53InGroup vs OutGroup
- 7:24Minimal Group Paradigm
- 9:26Community Building
- 14:12Being Inclusive
- 17:18Hacker Schools
- 20:15Group Bonding
- 24:45Shared Identity
- 27:30Emotions
- 31:31Action Items
- 35:07Other Cool Stuff
- 38:52QA Time
- 39:35One Connection
- 40:46Be Aware
- 42:02Three Two Ones
- 44:21Reframing
- 44:44Hacking Awareness
- 46:20Example
- 46:48Flame Wars
- 47:38codifying jargon
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