The Open Source Identity Crisis(modelviewculture.com)
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The Open Source Identity Crisis
http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-open-source-identity-crisis
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The HN software originally killed this article because the submitting account had been flagged for posting HN-inappropriate articles in the past (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7847688 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6535840).
This had nothing to do either with the present post or with the site, which is not banned: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=modelviewculture#!/story/sort_by_d....
This had nothing to do either with the present post or with the site, which is not banned: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=modelviewculture#!/story/sort_by_d....
Very sorry if I've broken any HN rules. I didn't know those posts weren't HN-appropriate (or even that I had been flagged!).
I don't mind being called out when I'm out of order, because I see it as an opportunity to become a better community citizen. But it's hard to become a better community citizen without some corrective advice.
Would you please point me to the code of conduct (and ideally to the specific rules I've broken), so I can be better in the future?
I don't mind being called out when I'm out of order, because I see it as an opportunity to become a better community citizen. But it's hard to become a better community citizen without some corrective advice.
Would you please point me to the code of conduct (and ideally to the specific rules I've broken), so I can be better in the future?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I would consider memes, jokes, and funny stories to generally fit in the realm of "off topic".
I would consider memes, jokes, and funny stories to generally fit in the realm of "off topic".
Oh shit, now you've got the angry twitter feminists on you. It's _on_.
Expect them to rally their fellow feminists and drop a lot of f-bombs on you (it makes them seem more passionate/angry/edgy).
Expect them to rally their fellow feminists and drop a lot of f-bombs on you (it makes them seem more passionate/angry/edgy).
"This is about who these people believe open source is for, and by extension, their own self-identity. Indeed, when people are challenged to explain themselves, you get nonsense and cognitive dissonance. People are being openly hypocritical, with no apparent awareness. The closer they get to confronting the truth, the more likely they are to break down in anger and confusion."
What's worth noting is that this pattern - of a previously secure group finding itself set upon by "outsiders" wanting in - is repeated in many spheres. Typically, the combination of limited self-awareness, egregious hypocrisy, and a flood of blinding, reflexive anger does not work out well for the group of people who display it.
At the same time, dis-empowering gatekeepers who behave like this tends to be a major boon for the fields they previously dominated without challenge.