Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ...
by ben509 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:57PM
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>> Let’s reject the false dichotomy between quality and kindness
> Because at the end of the day, we need to kill the 'brilliant jerk' archetype already.
We need to recognize that everyone shifts significantly towards the autistic side of the spectrum when they're online. You're looking at text, and trying to infer emotion from words, and do it quickly. That people are as good as they are reflects a fairly amazing amount of patience from the average person.
These "jerks" that we're going to brand intolerable and kick out are probably fairly decent people.
Honestly, most moderation systems would benefit hugely from a simple "please rewrite this post" feature.
> Because at the end of the day, we need to kill the 'brilliant jerk' archetype already.
We need to recognize that everyone shifts significantly towards the autistic side of the spectrum when they're online. You're looking at text, and trying to infer emotion from words, and do it quickly. That people are as good as they are reflects a fairly amazing amount of patience from the average person.
These "jerks" that we're going to brand intolerable and kick out are probably fairly decent people.
Honestly, most moderation systems would benefit hugely from a simple "please rewrite this post" feature.