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Yes, because we need another negative preoperative targeted at our community.
by mason240 11y ago
Yes, because we need another negative preoperative targeted at our community.
- davidgerard 11y agoConsidering it's a pretty well justified one, I figure the incentive TO TRY NOT TO DO THAT will be worth it.
- Zikes 11y agoYou can't acknowledge the prevalence of the XY Problem and expect geeks not to act on it.
- davidgerard 11y agoOh, absolutely. The overcompensation the other way is a pain in the backside, though, and reminds me why people don't like nerds much. (And I say that as one.)
- dragonwriter 11y agoYou can acknowledge the prevalence of the XY Problem and expect geeks to act on it in a manner which is not presumptive and condescending. Geeksplaining involves the presumption that the geeksplainer knows what the specific inquirer wants better than the inquirer because of the geeksplainer's presumed superior general knowledge of the relevant domains. Even where the latter presumption is correct, it often doesn't justify the former presumption, so its always best to validate an belief that the questioner may be experiencing the XY problem rather than assuming that is the case. Its fairly simple to do, provides an opportunity for learning, is generally socially more acceptable, and provides a better chance of actually resolving the inquirer's actual problem.
- Nadya 11y agoIf I experience the XY problem with 90% of the people I try to help I'm not going to walk through it with 100% of people because an even smaller portion of the 10% might get their feelings hurt. That's a waste of my time as well as the time of most people I'm helping. They can solve their own problems if they wish to be that selfish with their time.
- Zikes 11y agoPlus, that sort of presumption is simple human nature. Targeting geeks specifically is just perpetuating an unfairly negative image.
- lliamander 11y agoWhile I am by no means one to claim that typical geek behavior is always correct, could it be the case that geeksplaining is ultimately inseparable from the positive aspects of the geek personality (even if we can mitigate it to some degree)? Also hashtags, particularly negative ones, have less to do with actually bringing about social good and more to do with social status games[1]. What I consider to be one of the defining traits of geeks (and I should hope be characteristic the HN community) is our disdain for social status games[2]. #hashtagsareforsheep [1]http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/playing-the-status-game/ http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/playing-the-status-game/ [2]https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c
- mdpopescu 11y ago[2] Was a fantastic article, thanks for the link.
- trevyn 11y agoDid you mean pejorative? In which case "negative" is redundant, as pejorative also implies negativity. #wordnerdsplaining ;)
- mason240 11y agoWoah, yes I did.
- cbd1984 11y agoI think your autocorrect is transphobic. /s