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I've used Elm on a few projects - most recently oldfashioned.tech - and it's a lovely language. I read this article expecting the word 'ethical' to eventually p
by tmcw 7y ago
I've used Elm on a few projects - most recently oldfashioned.tech - and it's a lovely language. I read this article expecting the word 'ethical' to eventually point to something and it never did.
The author wanted a different language, shouted at a bunch of people for not agreeing with him, those people correctly wrote him off as a productive member of the community, and then he wrote a long blog post about how he can't see their side of the argument.
Indeed, he should use a language that aligns with his preferences. Extrapolating from his experience into this right vs. wrong narrative doesn't actually work.
Even after his explicitly acknowledged troll-like behavior, he didn't get some expletive-laden response from the project maintainers. He wasn't banned from the repos. At no point does he substantiate the idea of the leadership style being 'threatening.'
On the other hand, there are plenty of communities with actual threatening, abusive behavior in plain view, that everyone's aware of. There are plenty of communities that "well actually" every forum post instead of being helpful. Elm isn't one of those.