Code of conduct as a tool for humiliating [LWN.net]

Code of conduct as a tool for humiliating

Posted Jun 26, 2018 8:13 UTC (Tue) by sasha (guest, #16070)
Parent article: Getting along in the Python community

I read this story in following way: the Code of Conduct is written by Americans and for Americans, and it is used as a tool to humiliate people who do not understand the American corporate culture. Have I missed anything?

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Code of conduct as a tool for humiliating

Posted Jun 27, 2018 13:57 UTC (Wed) by nilsmeyer (guest, #122604) [Link]

The Python community CoC (code of conduct), as far as that goes is pretty short and well written and doesn't really impose undue pressure on people. I would probably add a sentence about being forgiving about mistakes and assuming good faith.

I don't know the nationality of the original author, of course in an English speaking community it will usually have a Western European bend to it (to put it broadly).

I would read the article more as a cautionary tale about the limitations of text-only, asynchronous communication.