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This kind of perspective ("but <web site whose content is created by humans> isn't about <essential notion of humanity>") is the bane of such platforms. I think

by sedatk 3y ago

This kind of perspective ("but <web site whose content is created by humans> isn't about <essential notion of humanity>") is the bane of such platforms. I think it stems from an engineer mindset that considers users as abstract entities rather than people. Almost as if people are like sun's rays that energize your web site, rather than actual beings who experience it, have emotions and all kinds of complexities and individual differences. Any web site that relies on humans for its content must accept humanity, and commit to serve the needs of the humane sides of its users. Otherwise, you'll end up with all kinds of toxicity, abuse, and finally abandonment that is observed with SO.

wtallis 3y ago
I think you're just being narrow-minded, and much of what you consider "essential" to "humane" communication is what many other people consider distracting bullshit. Impersonal technical writing is hardly a new phenomenon, and it has been widely accepted within academia for centuries, so clearly what you consider essential is not at all essential. Stop and imagine if the search results you get for programming were as polluted with "personal touches" as the results you get when searching for recipes.
- sedatk 3y ago
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shagie 3y ago
https://stackoverflow.com/tour https://stackoverflow.com/tour > This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat. That's been in the tour since the earliest captures. https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033915/https://stackoverflow.com/tour https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033915/https://stackover... Stack Overflow was designed with the goal of removing personal biases from the writing and working from the content - not the person who edited it.
mschuster91 3y ago
> Any web site that relies on humans for its content must accept humanity, and commit to serve the needs of the humane sides of its users. Otherwise, you'll end up with all kinds of toxicity, abuse, and finally abandonment that is observed with SO. And with Wikipedia, for what it's worth. The amount of behind-the-scenes bullshit there is amazing - and on top of that come all sorts of "external" bad agents, anything from hired ghostwriters to whitewash a company's or a person's Wikipedia article to enemy nations' troll crews.
- fmajid 3y ago
  But they have a Meta tab that mostly hides it from the average viewer. It can’t handle debates like Israel vs. Palestine or Donald Trump, but nothing can.

by sedatk 3y ago

wtallis 3y ago

I think you're just being narrow-minded, and much of what you consider "essential" to "humane" communication is what many other people consider distracting bullshit. Impersonal technical writing is hardly a new phenomenon, and it has been widely accepted within academia for centuries, so clearly what you consider essential is not at all essential. Stop and imagine if the search results you get for programming were as polluted with "personal touches" as the results you get when searching for recipes.

sedatk 3y ago
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shagie 3y ago

https://stackoverflow.com/tour https://stackoverflow.com/tour > This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat. That's been in the tour since the earliest captures. https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033915/https://stackoverflow.com/tour https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033915/https://stackover... Stack Overflow was designed with the goal of removing personal biases from the writing and working from the content - not the person who edited it.

mschuster91 3y ago

> Any web site that relies on humans for its content must accept humanity, and commit to serve the needs of the humane sides of its users. Otherwise, you'll end up with all kinds of toxicity, abuse, and finally abandonment that is observed with SO. And with Wikipedia, for what it's worth. The amount of behind-the-scenes bullshit there is amazing - and on top of that come all sorts of "external" bad agents, anything from hired ghostwriters to whitewash a company's or a person's Wikipedia article to enemy nations' troll crews.

fmajid 3y ago
But they have a Meta tab that mostly hides it from the average viewer. It can’t handle debates like Israel vs. Palestine or Donald Trump, but nothing can.