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> I really hope it doesn't catch on further It already has. It is the late teens/young twenties online communication style. Generally pretty aggressive, but e
by dqv 1y ago
> I really hope it doesn't catch on further
It already has.
It is the late teens/young twenties online communication style. Generally pretty aggressive, but easy to ignore because they are usually not really saying anything of substance. They are "ragebaiting" you.
- jszymborski 1y agoI'm sorry, but I'm not going to blame toxic culture in OSS development when it was pioneered by the greats like Torvalds https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-ab...
- dqv 1y agoWhen I see people commenting "shut your bitch ass up" (now deleted), "triggered", "keep dreaming my guy", it is distinctly generational (young gen z) to me. It is a style of communication. Torvalds may have "invented" OSS toxicity, but, as far as I can tell, he was not popping in saying SYBAU like he was commenting on a tiktok brainrot compilation.
- Lutger 1y agoNot legitimizing his rants - he is a genuine asshole - but his raging is actually entertaining and more often than not, you'd learn a thing or two.
- Gormo 1y agoThat's been an element of internet culture at least since the early '90s. I'm surprised that it's surprising anyone.
- gorbachev 1y agoFlamewars were a thing long, long ago. They somewhat stopped being a thing when BBSes and Usenet died.
- KingMob 1y agoWell, the nomenclature may have changed, but raging arguments on the internet are still here.