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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub by microcolonel on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:34PM (#14704467)
I agree wholeheartedly. As soon as political and emotional appeals overrule standards of professional conduct, everyone is walking on eggshells.

> assume mistakes are honest and be polite in correcting them.

Especially big on this. Nobody can read minds, so when people make mistakes, there is no winning tactic other than to assume good intent.

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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub by Thorazul on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:37PM (#14704494)
Especially in a company that seems to communicate through comments/emails etc. and not so much face to face interaction.
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