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Re:Why-did-you-update – Warnings about unnecessary React upd... by Karunamon on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:44PM (#14149875)
Says who? Who determines what professionalism means?

Because I have a definition that states you use the best tool for the job at hand, rather than choosing (yes, choosing) to complain loudly about poorly-described-and-argued ancillary matters which don't directly impact the operation of said tool.

I reject the idea that "professionalism" means that the cheeky, mischevious humor that has basically defined the hacker spirit for decades must be stamped out or suppressed.

Re:Why-did-you-update – Warnings about unnecessary React upd... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:52PM (#14149989)
So where do we draw the line when that "cheeky, mischievous humor" actually excludes people from our community?

Words matter. There are plenty of studies that show e.g. certain language in job listings discourages women from applying: https://qz.com/797559/gender-bias-job-listings-language/

Re:Why-did-you-update – Warnings about unnecessary React upd... by Karunamon on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:54PM (#14150014)
So where do we draw the line when that "cheeky, mischievous humor" actually excludes people from our community?

When it can be reasonably proven that this is actually happening in this case. A reasonable start would be finding a real (as opposed to straw) person who feels "excluded".

If "bruh" is legitimately "excluding people from the community" in this context (And let's be honest here: a job posting is not equivalent in any way to a readme on a git repo), then by all means, let's have the conversation.

If it isn't? This is all just noise. Worse, actively harmful and distracting noise.

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Re:Why-did-you-update – Warnings about unnecessary React upd... by Karunamon on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:24PM (#14150336)
You got flagged off for this, probably because of the thinly veiled insult, but I'd agree that there's nothing wrong with signaling that you'd rather not work with people with a deficiency of sense of humor.

If "wat", "bruh" and "performance gainzzz" (of all things.. we're not talking about slurs here) in a readme actually gets people to self select out of using an update checker, I find it very hard to see that as anything other than a positive for people who want to work, rather than debate sociology.

...not that I think that was an intentional goal of the author.

Re:Why-did-you-update – Warnings about unnecessary React upd... by greglindahl on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:59PM (#14150067)
People tell me that my long hair is unprofessional.