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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @09:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the be-nice-or-I'm-gonna-cry dept.

El Reg has an interesting read on an OSS developers survey:

Most of the negative behaviour is explained as "rudeness", which has been experienced witnessed by 45 per cent of participants and experienced by 16 per cent. GitHub's summary of the survey says really nasty stuff like "sexual advances, stalking, or doxxing are each encountered by less than five per cent of respondents and experienced by less than two per cent (but cumulatively witnessed by 14%, and experienced by three per cent)." Twenty five per cent of women respondents reported experiencing "language or content that makes them feel unwelcome", compared to 15 per cent of men.

This stuff has consequences: 21 per cent of those who see negative behaviour bail from projects they were working on.

Now I take an entirely different conclusion than El Reg on this. To me this says that two or three percent of respondents have valid reason to bitch about bad behavior but a further eighteen or nineteen percent above that simply are not capable of working with other people. Come on, who here has never held a job where someone on staff was a dickhead/bitch but you kept on working anyway? Me, I've not once held a job where there were zero personality conflicts. In my less than humble opinion, part of being an adult is being able to deal professionally or at least civilly with other human beings who do not cater to your every sensitivity.

Maybe I'm just a relic of the past though. Maybe the future really is a bunch of snowflakes crying to $boss to get you fired if you say or do anything they dislike.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:17AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:17AM (#522369)

    There sure are a lot of useless assholes who really hate this place but seem to be in no hurry to leave.

    Self-congratulatory snarkiness aside, you prompted some internal reflection.
    WTF am I still here? Why do I put up with the mighty bummer's constant pissing all over the site, marking it like a dog?
    And then I realized it: Javascript. The green site still depends on javascript.
    In terms of content and especially respect for their users, the site has drastically improved since Dice sold it.
    But having to manually enable javascript each time I go there has been a mental barrier that kept me away.

    So you know what? You are right. I should leave. So I am just going to grit my teeth, set noscript to permanently allow javascript on slashdot.org, abandon my 2-digit account here and go back to my 4-digit account over there.

    Living with javascript is still better than regularly imbibing the feotid nihlism that the mighty bummer has cultivated here.

  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday June 08 2017, @02:12AM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday June 08 2017, @02:12AM (#522388)

    Have you seen the quality of the comments there lately? It's quite sad.

  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Gaaark on Thursday June 08 2017, @02:25AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday June 08 2017, @02:25AM (#522395) Journal

    Have you checked your Wheaton meter lately?

    You are officially in Dick zone.

    Ohnoes, to JavaScript or not to JavaScript? Why am I still alive? I have to keep BREATHING!!!

    Don't be a dick, dick.

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    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---