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A Story of Developers, Data, and Diversity
- Opening State of JS 2024 survey, feross was criticized for not adding women video creators to the list of survey options. Strangely enough, the list was taken from the results of the previous year's survey where there was no list provided. This in turn highlighted the previous survey’s lack of gender diversity, with responses being disproportionately male. Digging deeper into the data, feross found that neither men nor women noted any women content creators to the top 10 options, thus confirming no relation between survey respondent’s gender and the gender of creators they follow. Nonetheless, taking negative feedback into account, feross replaced the preselection list with a freeform text field.
- The controversy regarding the State of JS 2024 survey options lacked female content creators, but it arose from a lack of gender diversity in previous surveys.
- A lack of diversity in the survey negatively impacts its credibility and can discourage diversity further in the community.
- Feross explained that even after taking the feedback and diving deeper into the data, he understood that having people raise the issue proved problematic.
- Supporting diversity and inclusivity on an ethical level may be a straightforward choice, but it can be challenging to turn it into real-world action.
- Feedback can reveal people's first impression, even if it seems uninformed to the domain expert.
- Participation by women could address issues in surveys, and feross hopes to take on that challenge.
- After the criticism, feross replaced the preselection list with a freeform text field to help gain a better gender-diverse response to content creator questions.
- The situation regarding gender diversity in the State of JS 2024 survey highlights that diversity is complex, and criticism should never be discounted.
- Raising awareness and taking real action towards inclusion and diversity is essential in the community.
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