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the entire premise of a Code of Conduct like this is flawed. this is the infantilization of adults. 6 year olds need a code of conduct and an authority figure p

the entire premise of a Code of Conduct like this is flawed. this is the infantilization of adults. 6 year olds need a code of conduct and an authority figure present, so they won't fling shit at each other. if we treat adults like 6 year olds then we should expect people to behave the way they are treated. I find it hard to accept that anything more verbose than "you're an adult; act like it." is needed for a Code of Conduct. it astonishes me that this is the trend in our culture and society. big brother gonna protect you from the mean people. a world without sin. none shall pass. what we really have is a deficit of communication skills, a deficit of maturity, and most of all a broken view of how social groups do and ought to function. this is the fallout from decades of institutional education. we now have multiple generations of people who have come to take comfort in the institutional structure of elementary school and feel lost without an authority figure to turn to. what the fuck has happened to us?

aidenn0 10y ago
Look at usenet posts from circa 1990. We've had a deficit of communications skills and a deficit of maturity for more than the current generation. And this is all within a much less culturally diverse group than those on the internet now. I don't like CoCs either, but they exist because of a real problem. Let's say we adopt a CoC of "you're an adult; act like it": What corrective actions are taken against those not acting like an adult, who takes those actions, and who is the arbiter of what qualifies as non-adult behavior? Very small communities and communities with a single BDFL can resolve this because in the former consensus is easy to come by, and in the latter there is an ultimate point of appeal. All other communities need some way of resolving this, and adopting a CoC is one way of attempting to do so.

aidenn0 10y ago

Look at usenet posts from circa 1990. We've had a deficit of communications skills and a deficit of maturity for more than the current generation. And this is all within a much less culturally diverse group than those on the internet now. I don't like CoCs either, but they exist because of a real problem. Let's say we adopt a CoC of "you're an adult; act like it": What corrective actions are taken against those not acting like an adult, who takes those actions, and who is the arbiter of what qualifies as non-adult behavior? Very small communities and communities with a single BDFL can resolve this because in the former consensus is easy to come by, and in the latter there is an ultimate point of appeal. All other communities need some way of resolving this, and adopting a CoC is one way of attempting to do so.