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If you really want to commit suicide for volunteering as an editor, you need some time off.
by thrillgore 10y ago
If you really want to commit suicide for volunteering as an editor, you need some time off.
- rwmj 10y agoI'm guessing that he cares a lot for knowledge, truth and encyclopedias, but Wikipedia's infrastructure rewards loud-mouthed people with lots of time on their hands.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoIndeed. It's remarkable how accurate it is (IME, fairly, provided you avoid anything political).
- astrodust 10y agoThis kind of role can be felt as a struggle, something that can't be ignored or put down. It's too easy to dismiss this as something you can take time off from. "Feeling depressed? Have you tried thinking happy thoughts?" That's just as absurd and dismissive.
- quirkafleeg 10y agoThe poster you replied to didn't say anything even remotely like the editor should just "think happy thoughts", he said essentially what the (current) top comment says: This is hopefully a wake up call, and the editor can take a step back and remember that while he's passionate about it, wikipedia is a website. How difficult it may or may not be (unknown) for someone to take time off from something that's bad for them doesn't change the fact that it's the right thing for them to do.
- tpeo 10y agoYou're doing a bit of hyperbole there. Depression is, according to the current theories, due to a imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain. Now, a physiological constraint is much more binding than a behavioural constraint, as nobody can be talked or conditioned out of it. It might be dismissive, but saying that it is as dismissive is too much. I think you do have a point, meaning that this still might be a serious issue for these people. But if they're really compulsively checking a website which often does nothing but make them feel bad and just can't ignore the damned thing, they need help. From an actual therapist.
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