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I think it's more complicated than that. Github isn't toxic. Dreamwidth isn't toxic. The orientation towards microblogging has a lot to do with the toxicity.
by ocschwar 9y ago
I think it's more complicated than that.
Github isn't toxic.
Dreamwidth isn't toxic.
The orientation towards microblogging has a lot to do with the toxicity.
- philwelch 9y agoGitHub has its moments.
- danharaj 9y ago> Github isn't toxic There's defo some toxicity on github.
- cctt23 9y agoIt’s mostly not though, and easy to avoid. On Twitter it seems to be the raison detre.
- cirgue 9y agoGitHub has high-quality moderation in the form of repo owners who have a vested interest in punishing bad actors.
- ocschwar 9y agoThat's built in to the medium in question, rather than a tacked on addon.
- hie2neiL 9y agoTwitter could easily adopt some clique-based management where people could see public conversations between members of the clique but would require an invite to reply to such a conversation or show up in related timelines. Of course this wouldn't stop direct attacks or people talking indirectly about other people, but at least it would stop randos from sealioning.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoGithub isn't quite "discourse" though, at least (I suspect) not in the sense that cirgue meant. That distinction may matter.
- enitihas 9y agoPlease look at this thread and see what people can do even on github https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/15345 https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/15345