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I feel like a lot more people qualify to do metamoderation in the SO network than ever do it. This is essentially sabotage in the form of benign neglect.
by rhizome 6y ago
I feel like a lot more people qualify to do metamoderation in the SO network than ever do it. This is essentially sabotage in the form of benign neglect.
- LinuxBender 6y agoVery true and it gets even more complicated when there are small circles of full time editors that invoke elitism around document writing styles as well as chiming in on highly subjective answers and invoking dogmatic principals. In Unix/Linux, there are millions of ways to solve a problem, but the solution must fit into their perceived right way. Before long, people not in those elite circles or who do not get the hint are discouraged from editing or answering anything.
- noizejoy 6y agoFundamentalism and tribalism seems to exist in any subject. - I find incredibly annoying, disappointing, saddening and infuriating — yet can’t help but wonder if it’s the necessary evolutionary byproduct of our species to collaborate and overcome obstacles too large to tackle alone.
- crispyambulance 6y agoIt's true, but the gamification and rules, IMHO, attract personalities that take that stuff really, REALLY, seriously. Even to the point of being absurd. I suppose it's a kind of power trip to go around and mark questions as "duplicate" for even the most superficial nonsense-- I am looking at you, @gnat !