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CoC always appeared to me as a US issue which could pretty much be safely ignored by anyone living in the rest of the world. I generally dislike how they tend t
by StopDisinfo910 1y ago
CoC always appeared to me as a US issue which could pretty much be safely ignored by anyone living in the rest of the world. I generally dislike how they tend to be written as objective rules while actually being imperialist but most of them can safely be boiled down to act like a normal professional person.
The implied subtext of "avoid topic the US finds morally objectionable and when in doubt act like an American would" is what I dislike from a theorical point of view but the truth is, it doesn't really matter on a day to day basis.
So yes, CoC seems mostly harmless but also mostly useless. I tend to agree with the article point that if this is the case, keeping them short seems optimal.
- ranger_danger 1y agoThe problem I have seen with them is that they get weaponized. Someone can point to a specific rule in the CoC that has very subjective language in it, and claim that you are violating the rules, when really they're just doing that to silence opinions they don't like. This is further proven when any attempts to discuss said rule/policy are immediately shut down with even more staunch black-and-white opinions and zero empathy... even if you wait until later to discuss it in a different setting.
- squigz 1y ago> could pretty much be safely ignored by anyone living in the rest of the world. While it would be nice if all the ignorant assholes in the world lived in America... this is not the case :)
- poncho_romero 1y agoNo, but Americans are more litigious than everyone else
- lenkite 1y agoThe bigger the CoC, the more toxic the project - this is bog-standard law.