True, people are different. Some people I would like to work with, and some people I wouldn't (like Linus Torvalds). His argument that social norms are irreverent to creating software (or should be) rings pretty hollow, in my opinion. Collaborating on software (or encyclopedias) is a social process, and basic civility goes a long way towards lubricating social processes. I also don't buy Linus's argument that being professional is being fake. No one is asking Linus to wear a suit and tie and use marketing buzzwords. They're just asking him to chill out and not be an asshole. Of course he's welcome to act out his "normal urges", as he puts it, but I don't think he's doing any favors for the cultural health of the free software movement.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Leigh Honeywell <leigh@hypatia.ca> wrote:
Sarah did actually have some great suggestions on how to do things better: http://sarah.thesharps.us/2015/10/06/what-makes-a-good-community/

-Leigh

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:

I wish that we had a proven solution for that kind of issue in online communities in general. It's quite disappointing. Thanks for forwarding that post.

Pine

On Oct 7, 2015 6:44 AM, "Jason Radford" <jsradford@uchicago.edu> wrote:

I think folks here will understand this story.

http://sarah.thesharps.us/2015/10/05/closing-a-door/


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