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Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:48AM (#45423348)
> And we didn’t even talk about how it is being misused. People would point to these documents to silence and shut out people they don’t like and at the same time tolerate poor behavior that are clearly in violation of code of conduct by people they do like or whose politics or opinions they share.

Has it occurred to you that's actually exactly why they exist? :)

Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by mzhaase on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @05:28AM (#45423561)
I have seen multiple CoC being installed with completely good intentions so no.
Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @05:49AM (#45423669)
Have you ever heard the saying about good intentions? And just because you perceive something that way doesn't mean that's the reality
Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by blueflow on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:57AM (#45423412)
I mean. Whenever a code of conduct was installed in a project i was passionate about, i could look up the contributor on twitter/fediverse and see that they are a zealot about their cause. Deflecting and uncompromising, very unagreeable. They would be the last persons to know how to make a community comfy.
Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by ranger_danger on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @08:15AM (#45424507)
Not surprised at the downvotes but this also matches my experience exactly.

These people (who push for CoCs so heavily) in my experience tend to hypocritically attack and censor opinions they don’t like, while not understanding why people won’t "accept them for who they are".

They are desperate to be the center of attention and love to play the victim.

It’s like the bullied becomes the bully sort of thing. They spend more time arguing over weaponized CoCs and ideological SJW politics instead of writing code. It doesn’t help that many of them self-admittedly suffer from mental health problems.

Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by raxxorraxor on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @09:43AM (#45425355)
It just wasn't a very wholesome crowd. I don't have to like everyone, but I expect everyone to not try to ban people just because they have the unfavorable opinion du jours. Maybe write that in a COC, but it should be a premise to begin with.

On a completely unrelated note, you very, very rarely find real fascists in open source software projects.

And for even less favorable characters it seemed that it was just powerplay by some actors that wouldn't convince their own mother that they are the most untoxic of them all.

Re:Why Heavy Codes of Conduct Are Unnecessary for Open Sourc... by nitwit005 on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @08:14PM (#45432876)
If someone files a lawsuit, does it implicitly mean it was filed with good intentions? Sadly, no.

There are people who will attempt to exploit any system.