halfinvested

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   by halfinvested 3y ago

   abuse, harassment and threats targeted at people are illegal. I agree that they're unacceptable. Ideas have no such legal protection, for good reason. If they are stupid or poorly presented, they can be dunked on for cool points. This
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   by halfinvested 3y ago

   > I want experts to be able to talk about their work without feeling abused, harassed, or threatened Most experts are idiots (specifically “intellectual yet idiot“). Protecting bad ideas (expert or not) against criticism is an immense da
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   by halfinvested 3y ago

   People are going to feel all kinds of things. Asking whether or not they should feel them is a dead end in the context of public forums, because nobody controls anybody else's feelings, or how each individual reacts to a feeling. Since
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   by halfinvested 3y ago

   Anecdote: I know a guy who works solo and throws every project away (usually games) at least five times, often more like ten. According to him, each iteration tends to go smoother and faster than the last. Edit: There’s probably some nuance
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   by halfinvested 3y ago

   TLDR: - Social software requires designing for group success, not just individual success. - Software developers need to consider the sociology and anthropology of the group that will be using their software. - Human groups are comm