Go’s New Code of Conduct Arrives with a High Profile Ban
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To this specific incident here, I'm a bit taken aback by the level of immaturity documented in the writeup, as even this seems beneath what I observed from him in the workplace. Nevertheless, his poor attitude makes the episode seem plausible.
A dose of humility would benefit him. And believe me, I don't like writing any of the above.
On the Internet there are no social cues or biological processes between you and the recipient of your words. That's why in this case he's coming across as more immature than what you're experienced in the work place.
On the other hand, an author of the CoC should hold themself to a higher standard than "I wrote it, so everyone who disagrees is wrong".
https://imgur.com/a/yPnWGXp?utm_source=thenewstack&utm_mediu...
Other guy was just trying to understand how something works and troll activates enourmous passive aggressive defense mechanism because he doesn’t like being disagreed with
Rightly so by looking at this “conversation”.
And based on the imgur you posted, I think it all started with Tim's message at 11:00 am (just after Peter's message at 10:58 am): Peter got "clicked" by Tim.
You're not at a bar, you're not with your friends. Don't Be a Dick. A lot of us grew up in IRC, and this behavior existed then, but hey, you're not anonymous anymore. The world / internet has moved on. Follow along (or face the consequences. I wouldn't work with Peter if you doubled my salary. I would actively avoid Peter in any technical setting).
What seemed to trigger Peter is someone who knows something much much more deeply than he does. He tried to initially engage, and quickly found himself out of his depth, and reverted to being childish. This is why you wouldn't want to work with Peter. That level of insecurity is taxing on a team.
Who raised these children? How do they function in the real world, if their response to some snark is to set up a massive campaign to discredit the person responsible and ban them from a community? This is a whole kitchen of pots calling the kettle black.
Luckily this is only about Go. It could've been about a programming language with a future, taste or any good ideas whatsoever. That would've been a shame.
The way Peter behaved and continue to behave on Twitter is classic case of cyberbulling!!
But perhaps I'm wrong and the report written by Tim is the way to go.
Unfortunately, over the internet, kids and adults from all around the world usually refuse to stop trolling and harassing; they will even brag about their disruptive behaviour, if they think they can get away with it. This is why CoCs and bans have proliferated, and rightfully so.
Most adults are reasonable enough not to pick on others even when they've been bullied, and the ones that do, the Go team doesn't want them.