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Don't harass people.
by mbauman 6y ago
Don't harass people.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoI'm not harassing anyone... I'm politely reminding this person that ethics are a real thing.
- jdsully 6y agoUnless you are an involved party you're just adding to the mob. The kernel maintainers said their piece there's no need for everyone to pile on.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoI am a user of the Linux kernel which a publicly funded university using my tax dollars just attempted to subvert in order to jerk themselves off over a research paper.
- burnished 6y agoMaybe there is? I'm not convinced of my own position but I'd suggest there is a difference from an outcry sourced in people that are well informed of their complaint and the sort of brigading/bandwagoning you can see come from personal details being posted under a complaint.
- jdsully 6y agoI guess the question is what more is there to accomplish? They’ve been banned and I gurantee they already know the community is pissed. Is filling up their inbox with angry emails going to actually help in any way?
- burnished 6y agoI'm trying to reconcile what you are saying with all the "write your senator" I've heard all my life, you know? I think the answer is "yes it will help, in as much strong arguments may be persuasive". Honestly I'm not sure there is a good answer considering that part of what we're weighing against is the potential for the internet to help create an outsized or aggravated response.
- jdsully 6y agoYour senator makes decisions based on public will and letter writing is a proxy for that. They have a team to deal with the inflow. Your average PhD student isn't equipped in the same way to deal with an outraged public.