School can create these sort of spaces, at least to a degree. University for example is many people's first taste of independence, but that independence is supp

School can create these sort of spaces, at least to a degree. University for example is many people's first taste of independence, but that independence is supported by some fairly extensive safety nets (financial, social, educational, etc.) that should prevent screwing up too badly. These safety nets are certainly not perfect, and putting your face in bottle can still end quite poorly. I think one way to create a face putting safe community (physical or virtual) is to allow anyone to safely propose actions but only let these actions effect the world if other community members agree. PR based workflows sort of fit this model. As a new programmer, I should be able to safely submit garbage PRs while learning without actually hurting anyone, and if my code does get merged and it breaks something then it's the community that failed. There are roleplaying communities that also work like this: users can only state their actions and not the effect of their actions, which are determined by the people effected. Of course learning and history also has to be considered. That first garbage PR is understandable, but if I keep submitting garbage PRs without learning then there's something wrong.