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Thread poster personally does not like Typelevel. Thread poster editorializes title accusing typelevel of politics. Thus the circle continues.
by swang 11y ago
Thread poster personally does not like Typelevel.
Thread poster editorializes title accusing typelevel of politics.
Thus the circle continues.
- tragic 11y agoYes. I disagree with their decision, but it would be good if a passing mod could make the title less inflammatory.
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- mindslight 11y agoWelcome to the Catch-22 of the-political-is-personal! Excusing Yarvin's thoughtcrime as mere "politics" is indeed inflammatory, if you think everyone needs to share the same religion. If you accept that reasonable people can disagree politically, then the title ("Typelevel boycotts LambdaConf over politics") succinctly describes the situation.
- Jtsummers 11y agoBut it isn't the title of the linked article. It's been editorialized which is counter to the guidelines of this site. Poster should have made an initial comment along with the post (with its original title) explaining their position rather than pushing it into the title.
- mindslight 11y agoSure - when everything is relative, the only remaining judgment is to not get involved. So we replace what could be a summary about what something means to our community, with mechanistic duplication of the OP title. I do understand it keeps the noise down by raising the barrier to editorialization (make your own new post), and perhaps that's uniformly for the better. I just think that characterizing that particular summary as "accusing" is more divisive than the summary itself.
- Jtsummers 11y agoIt simply says, "over politics". It doesn't even say what politics. Depending on the reading it suggests somewhere between pettiness or conviction. The only editorializing that makes some sense is to include that it's related to LambdaConf (provides context for those aware of the issues facing LambdaConf's organizers, but doesn't alter the substance of the title). And this has nothing to do with relativity. Titles can be as non-neutral as possible and be appropriate. They should not be altered by submitters in a way that adds or changes a message not present in the original.
- mindslight 11y ago> Depending on the reading it suggests somewhere between pettiness or conviction Exactly, that whole range is still outside some technical issue related to the purpose of the conference. The tech community was started by weirdos with odd views who didn't belong, and is now being warped by the same monkey power structure we grew up eschewing. > Titles can be as non-neutral as possible and be appropriate. They should not be altered by submitters in a way that ... Because one of the million monkeys is likely to complain, and conjure up an army of a thousand more. Hence every judgment becomes relative, so we have to fall back to mechanistic rules.
- dudul 11y agoI actually like Typelevel projects and use a lot of them everyday. Contrary to them, I don't have any problem making a difference between technologies and political views.
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