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This whole CoC thing is just stupid. Why do they need to write this kind of rules in the first place?
by temp8964 5y ago
This whole CoC thing is just stupid. Why do they need to write this kind of rules in the first place?
- MattGaiser 5y agoAs a mod, it is helpful to have rules to point to when disciplining someone to prevent it from seeming arbitrary.
- patronagenone 5y agoAs an open-source contributor and professional developer, it tells me which projects to avoid entirely. Keep your state sponsored politics out of my hobby and profession.
- enriquto 5y agoHonestly, I'd prefer that trolls get banned straight away without needing to point anywhere, instead of all these stupid CoCs. You do not need any special document to kick off annoying people from a mailing list. The mere existence of CoC documents seems like an elaborate act of extreme trolling. EDIT: Moreover, CoCs don't really work in practice. Has any CoC ever prevented abuse of somebody? Do you have a concrete example?
- swat535 5y agoI think as a mod you are in a tough spot regardless. If you have loose rules and use your discretion you will be hated on. If you have strict rules, you will be hated on for stifling speech.
- sarlalian 5y agoBecause people keep saying and doing crappy things, and then when they are called out for it, they claim its just a joke.
- brighton36 5y agoIt probably is a joke. Jokes often have a butt. What else do you think they're up to, exactly...
- LAC-Tech 5y agoMissionaries have been around for a long time.
- elihu 5y agoThings that seem like they ought to be common sense sometimes need to be said explicitly, especially in large organizations that communicate mainly over the internet. I know at least one person who feared for her personal safety for awhile because she became a focal point of a large internet argument about how members of large open-source project ought to treat each other. I think most high-visibility projects have people with similar stories.
- version_five 5y agoYeah I don't really see a distinction between trolls coming in and posting offensive stuff and ideologues coming in and hijacking a project for their cause. Both are detrimental to actually building something good, and both basically need a benevolent dictator to keep them at bay.
- rcfaj7obqrkayhn 5y agothinking the same thing. this infantilization by these grown adults are pretty weird. why is virtue signaling spreading everywhere?
- itisit 5y agoBecause some marginalized people perceive an implicit bias and veiled offensiveness in all manner of communication within those they regard as part of some sort of hegemony. If there’s a vehicle for applying restraint or discipline or humiliation, it will be exploited for reasons often vindictive or speculative.
- parroty 5y agoSee this guy gets it when others don't. The Radical Left has a victim mentality, always whining about systemic injustice to get what they want. When will conservatives wake up and realize that every aspect of this code of conduct is designed specifically to oppress them?
- krageon 5y ago> The radical left has [...] Please don't spread us-vs-them politics. It's bad enough to know you have it, it will not become more healthy if you infect other people with it too.
- krageon 5y agoI find a community having a CoC is generally a good indicator of it not being a good idea to participate in it. Which is a little tragic, given that the underpinnings (naive and toxic as they are) do not come from a bad place.
- Lammy 5y agoExcuse me but "st*pid" is an ableist slur whose use harms and triggers disabled people, which makes it a source of mass psychological harm for an already marginalized group.