# Should Discord be a "cred-free space"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/should-discord-be-a-cred-free-space/633>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [February 8, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/should-discord-be-a-cred-free-space/633 "2020-02-08T23:46:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![wchargin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/wchargin/32/1397_2.png) [@wchargin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/wchargin)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/should-discord-be-a-cred-free-space/633/11 "2020-02-11T06:10:13Z")

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Thank you all for your constructive comments! I know that I’ve learned things from this the discussion in this thread and the other. Personally, this perspective resonated with me a lot:

> [@SourceCred Discord Plugin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-discord-plugin/283/16):
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> The proposal that Discord contributors will receive cred only by doing extra work, while other contributors recieve it automatically, means we are putting extra burdens on the people with least privilege – and that would not be aligned with our values.

…particularly because it type-checks against the [“undue burden”](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/04/whos-doing-heavy-lifting-terms-diversity-and-inclusion-work) phenomenon, wherein the people who are expected to do the most work to counteract marginalization are the very same people who are being marginalized. This is clearly something that we want to bias away from, so I’m on board. Let’s try it out!

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