Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
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Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#2For a "Benevolent Dictator", social media should be like the schoolyard for a teacher: Let the folks have their talks, their chit-chat. If there is a real issue, it's up to them to voice it. If they question your authority, so be it.
Maybe this is something you have to get used to.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#3The governance model has already been decided, and the steering council elected.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj9...
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#4The governance model has already been decided, and the steering council elected. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj9...
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#5For a "Benevolent Dictator", social media should be like the schoolyard for a teacher: Let the folks have their talks, their chit-chat. If there is a real issue, it's up to them to voice it. If they question your authority, so be it. Maybe this is something you have to get used to.
It’s also strange to think people who are specialized enough to keep abreast of pythons development would be online trolling people enough to get his attention.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#6Every leader throughout history has had to put up with the discontent of the governed. Being thick-skinned and ignoring the barbs is part of the job.
Social media is a red herring here; this sort of thing has happened on all forms of social media since the dawn of computing. It used to be on mailing lists and Usenet. Now it's primarily on Twitter.
After 30 years of leading a project, anyone is going to get worn down.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#7For a "Benevolent Dictator", social media should be like the schoolyard for a teacher: Let the folks have their talks, their chit-chat. If there is a real issue, it's up to them to voice it. If they question your authority, so be it. Maybe this is something you have to get used to.
It's 2019 and we're all posters now. Even the leader of the free world is involved with the kind of online disputes that internet addicts were having in the 2000s on vBulletin sites. Congress has had hearing from people mad that their posts weren't getting enough traction. It's hilarious but I'm no longer surprised when I find out someone famous is as 'online' as me now.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#8> “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” ― Ovid
It's not easy to take all the hate and ill-will day in day out. It's not even easy to ignore it, much less to deal with it.
I respect Guido's decision even though I was quite sad to see him step down. It's not difficult to see that, with Pythons growing popularity, things would probably have become even worse for him in the future.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#9A dictator that can’t stand to others questioning your decisions is a weak dictator. Python is mature enough to have the current governance model, but his exit could have been less noisy.
Re: Guido blames social media for his decision to abandon the supervision of Python
#10No offense to Guido, and I love Python, but the transition from Python 2 to Python 3 is a reference point for me in terms of how NOT to update a programming language. Noone should ever be attacked, but surely someone deserves some criticism.