Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018)

Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by dijksterhuis on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:36AM (#23830694)

Actually it was neither of those. Just because a discussion is approaching Godwin's law doesn't necessarily mean anyone is being offensive or, as you say, terrible.

Also, sometimes it's not anyone's fault. It can just be down to circumstances.

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by FalconSensei on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:06AM (#23832095)

I fail to see a reason why code reviews, in a professional environment, would go that way if the environment is not screwed up.

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by dijksterhuis on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:40AM (#23832498)

The "environment" rapidly changed and the organisational structure didn't keep up with the competing goals within the team.

None of the people were terrible. The company wasn't terrible. No-one was at fault.

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by ponker on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:46PM (#23835154)

If someone is mentioning Hitler in a code review someone is at fault.

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by dijksterhuis on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:00PM (#23835354)

No one had mentioned Hitler at that point. See another child comment for clarification.

Edit: To quote the CTO later on "I could see where the endless review discussions might end up heading so I split the team into product and project before we hit Godwin's law."

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by ponker on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @04:40PM (#23837538)

Sounds like the CTO was the Godwin's law violator, albeit obliquely.

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