Mastodon Forking Discourse
Reading through the GitHub issue that spawned this discourse, Gargron's comments' argumentative tone and unwillingness to compromise lead me to believe he likely has a high rating on Stack Overflow, Reddit, and other communities where being a smug self-important asshole is rewarded.
He talks about this project like it belongs to him and him alone. While technically true, that's exactly the sort of attitude that kills projects centering community. #ForkOff
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For those looking for it, here's the relevant GitHub Issue:
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@mawr Oof.
I think we’re learning that scalable moderation vs mobs and bots is A Major Problem, and that explaining this in a way that pierces technocratic “wisdom of crowds” arguments requires having The Talk on how less privileged groups are targeted and intimidated.
Which has a low chance of ever going well, given how far tech filter bubbles deviate from the needs of queer communities.
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@mawr PS: thank you for articulating why I fled SO and Reddit. Same observations, in re, gamification by assholes.