Hyprland is an open source Wayland compositor based on wlroots, a project I started back in 2017 to make it easier to build good Wayland compositors. It’s a project which is loved by its users for its emphasis on customization and “eye candy” – beautiful graphics and animations, each configuration tailored to the unique look and feel imagined by the user who creates it. It’s a very exciting project!

Unfortunately, the effect is spoilt by an incredibly toxic and hateful community. I cannot recommend Hyprland to anyone who is not prepared to steer well clear of its community spaces. Imagine a high school boys’ locker room come to life on Discord and GitHub and you’ll get an idea of what it’s like.

I empathise with Vaxry. I remember being young, smart, productive… and mean. I did some cool stuff, but I deeply regret the way I treated people. It wasn’t really my fault – I was a product of my environment – but it was my responsibility. Today, I’m proud to have built many welcoming communities, where people are rewarded for their involvement, rather than coming away from their experience hurt. What motivates us to build and give away free software if not bringing joy to ourselves and others? Can we be proud of a community which brings more suffering into the world?

Update: Response from Vaxry, Hyprland Developer

      • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
        525·
        10 months ago

        Yeahhh, he’s like “everything was taken out of context to smear me”, he shows the context and it doesn’t make him look any better.

        It’s a shame bc I really wanted to get into hyprland, but I won’t get involved with a project that is okay harassing people for being trans.

      • InstallGentoo@lemmy.zip
        2245·
        10 months ago

        His response is perfectly rational. You need to stop getting offended over every small thing on the internet.

        • zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
          605·
          10 months ago

          treating people respectfully is not getting offended. please touch some grass and open your eyes.

            • Zangoose@lemmy.one
              3·
              10 months ago

              Maybe you’re right. Being “daycared” shouldn’t happen on the internet, it should be a prerequisite.

              People who default to stringing multiple slurs together for a response just to prove a point should just be banned on sight and sent back to daycare. Maybe they could learn something.

          • InstallGentoo@lemmy.zip
            1237·
            10 months ago

            Did you read his response? These were a few small incidents blown out of proportion. Maybe grow a thicker skin?

            • zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
              286·
              10 months ago

              that’s not really the point considering this didn’t occur in a vacuum. this one event can come to just be a grift and what I said will still be true.

    • MBM@lemmings.world
      292·
      10 months ago

      The final bit is interesting. Vaxry says Q (who was openly bigoted) got punished, but doesn’t mention prisj (who was slightly less open about it).

      #general does indeed sometimes have jokes that some people might treat as “controversial”.

      And if you really need a place with controversial jokes, split it off from your support server or something.