If StackOverflow isn't welcoming the owners should look squarely in the mirror before blaming anyone else. In 2017, Joel made very clear that the only views permissible on StackOverflow were his - https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/342440/time-to-take... Regardless of where you lived, or what your political stance, if you didn't support "open immigration" you were "morally repugnant and frankly stupid and count…
Joel is right though, Trump is racist and what he is doing is evil
I think one of the reasons for the hostility is that people don't give a f#*@ to write proper questions, they don't even bother to RTFM. Grammar issues, no error logs, no links or snippets of code... I think the over sensitivity trend also adds up to this "problem".
What might evidence look like that would convince you?
Not OP (though I only somewhat disagree with the original statement), but a statistically significant result of a poll (where you would correlate people answers by their background) would convince me.
Well, the claim is that a minority of users experience hostility, so I’m not sure how you would define statistical significance. Also, a poll wouldn’t distinguish so-called virtue signaling.
I think one of the reasons for the hostility is that people don't give a f#*@ to write proper questions, they don't even bother to RTFM. Grammar issues, no error logs, no links or snippets of code... I think the over sensitivity trend also adds up to this "problem".
What is this 'over sensitivity trend'?
In another thread related to SO, many high ranked users said they feel demotivated, when other high ranked users comment their answer saying they shouldn't answer this question and so on. They never log in again or answer questions in fear of facing same situation again. You answered someone, some jerk didn't like it, so what? My comment got downvoted on HN, so what? Should I be afraid of commenting again, feel oppressed? No, do what you do, correct someone if you think they're making a mistake, be bold sometimes if needed. Post a link to some self help blog or "how to make friends" next time when some elitist or some hostile jerk dislikes your SO answers instead of feeling bad about toxicity. I think Bill Burr stand ups have some good highlights about the over sensitivity in society in general.
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