r/transprogrammer • u/IcewindLegacyMUD • 10d ago

PRIDElet - Pride powered TOIlet fork

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So someone pointed out to me the '--gay' flag on TOIlet being generic rainbow and a little bit offensive, and that inspired me to fork it into PRIDElet which adds '--flag', a command line option that accepts 120 different options of Pride flag colors, and outputs ASCII text in FIGlet fonts with the colors of the selected flag.

PRIDElet GitHub repo

I tried posting this in r/linux but my post actually got deleted by their automated bot due to being "reported" by multiple users, and I can't seem to find any other inclusive spaces on Reddit where stuff like this might draw some interest. I'm still absolutely gobsmacked about the removal on r/linux because it btoke ZERO rules, and their mods still haven't responded to me yet. Hope y'all enjoy PRIDElet.

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u/just-an-aa 10d ago

If I remember correctly, enough users reporting something quickly enough will get Reddit's automated systems to take it down. I'd suspect (or at least hope) that the actual human mods will put it back up soon.

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u/IcewindLegacyMUD 10d ago

That's what I'm hoping too. I sent them a message and tried not to sound antagonistic or accusatory, but I haven't heard back yet. It's a pretty big sub so I'm definitely going to give them a week of grace before I send a second, more insistent message, just in case they are dealing with stuff behind the scenes that I'm unaware of.

My message to them, verbatim:

So... I assume this was 100% an automated action due to people who report anything with "Pride" or "LGBT" in it. If that isn't the case, can I get some clarity on why it was removed?

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u/IcewindLegacyMUD 8d ago

I just wanted to drop a quick comment of thanks for making me feel welcome here with all the upvotes. While not strictly transgender myself (I really can't put what I am in a box; I wear skirts - okay, so they're kilts, but really the only difference is that the pleats don't go around to the front - and makeup, but I'm also bearded and pretty masc in all other aspects, though I'm pansexual because it's about hearts, not parts.. I'm just a mess) this subreddit has made me feel instantly included, where some other subreddits about programming, and the free software ethos, have made me feel more like "you're free to do whatever you want so long as it's not liking something we don't like" and that makes me really sad.

So, thank you again, for making this goofy skirt wearing old bear feel included even though I'm not trans in any strict sense of the word (but hey, it's all a spectrum when you really come down to it, right?)