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Re:The trouble with FreeBSD by HerraBRE on Friday February 03, 2017 @11:03AM (#13560713)
I may be wrong, but I actually think the current move towards codes of conduct and clarity about expected social behaviour should help with these cases.

Being socially dysfunctional (as opposed to being malicious, which is a different problem) is often linked to an inability to pick up the social cues and clues that most people take for granted. A document which clearly explains and gives examples of unwelcome behaviour should help in these cases - assuming people actually read it!

Re:The trouble with FreeBSD by Karunamon on Friday February 03, 2017 @11:30AM (#13560956)
..and assuming those examples of unwelcome behavior are objectively defined. Any room for judgement calls or definition stretching, and you've taken what it supposed to be a useful metric and turned it into a cudgel to be misused.

Example: Wikipedia. The talk pages on that site, especially on politically charged topics, are detailed examples in how one can behave in a destructive fashion and drive off talent without ever dipping into base namecalling.