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The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. I find I am typically only browsing this site when I am not ready to present the best

The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. I find I am typically only browsing this site when I am not ready to present the best version of myself (tired, bored, demotivated). I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry.

bbuut 1y ago
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thatgerhard 1y ago
"The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums." no, they're over-represented on all forums
- lazyasciiart 1y ago
  This could be more agreeably written as “yes, and”. You are not disagreeing with his statement.
  - tonyedgecombe 1y ago
    Yes, but this is a technical forum ...
- _DeadFred_ 1y ago
  "The people worth listening to leave, and the ones who can't leave stay and rot the place."
lovich 1y ago
> I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry. Actually have consequences for it? When industry leaders like Linus act like assholes constantly but are given cover because they produce something so valuable, will always produce a situation where being empathetic becomes a social proxy for being weak or untalented
John23832 1y ago
> The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. * the internet. The vast majority of the internet is spurred by ragebait/loneliness-bait in some way. It skews heavily to the mentally ill.
obscurette 1y ago
They are over-represented everywhere. We live in society where being martyr is highly valued, others are not allowed to ignore it and set their boundaries. If you do, you are an asshole and have no empathy.
arp242 1y ago
It's partly just a numbers game, innit? There are about 5.5 billion on the internet. IIRC about 3 billion of them speak English. Even a tiny percentage being profoundly unreasonable means there are millions of them. Sooner or later you will come in contact with some of them. Or to be more eloquent about it: being instantly connected to everyone on the planet also means you're instantly connected to every fucking asshole on the planet.

bbuut 1y ago

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thatgerhard 1y ago

"The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums." no, they're over-represented on all forums

lazyasciiart 1y ago
This could be more agreeably written as “yes, and”. You are not disagreeing with his statement.
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago
  Yes, but this is a technical forum ...
_DeadFred_ 1y ago
"The people worth listening to leave, and the ones who can't leave stay and rot the place."

lovich 1y ago

> I don't know how we end the cycle of cruelty in our industry. Actually have consequences for it? When industry leaders like Linus act like assholes constantly but are given cover because they produce something so valuable, will always produce a situation where being empathetic becomes a social proxy for being weak or untalented

John23832 1y ago

> The angry, insecure and unwell are over-represented in technical forums. * the internet. The vast majority of the internet is spurred by ragebait/loneliness-bait in some way. It skews heavily to the mentally ill.

obscurette 1y ago

They are over-represented everywhere. We live in society where being martyr is highly valued, others are not allowed to ignore it and set their boundaries. If you do, you are an asshole and have no empathy.

arp242 1y ago

It's partly just a numbers game, innit? There are about 5.5 billion on the internet. IIRC about 3 billion of them speak English. Even a tiny percentage being profoundly unreasonable means there are millions of them. Sooner or later you will come in contact with some of them. Or to be more eloquent about it: being instantly connected to everyone on the planet also means you're instantly connected to every fucking asshole on the planet.