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Re:Friends at Work? Not So Much by jp_sc on Friday September 04, 2015 @07:40PM (#10173301)
“It’s not that Americans are less concerned with relationships overall. We’re social creatures outside work, yet the office interaction norm tends to be polite but impersonal. Some people think pleasantries have no place in professional meetings.”

Is this what mean the "keep it professional" clauses in the open source communities code of conducts? Not to "be civil and don't say things you wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation", but "be impersonal"?

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Re:Friends at Work? Not So Much by ps4fanboy on Friday September 04, 2015 @08:00PM (#10173341)
It may not be the intent but it is definitely the outcome.
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Re:Friends at Work? Not So Much by throwaway999777 on Friday September 04, 2015 @08:09PM (#10173362)
That's what all the drama around OSS communities have been about lately, haven't it. People that say they want more diversity and inclusion in OSS communities, at the possible price of toning down or neutering certain elements of human culture and interaction. And in effect turning voluntary OSS projects into professional -- in an American sense -- gatherings. How diverse.
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