On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
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Re: On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
#2Now it seems StackOverflow knows how YouTube feels whenever they post a YouTube Rewind video. That one got absolutely downvoted to all hell, and for similar reasons to this post.
Hopefully they'll look at this, see the amount of dislikes it's getting and change course again/revert this mess to the way it was before.
Re: On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
#3Now it seems StackOverflow knows how YouTube feels whenever they post a YouTube Rewind video. That one got absolutely downvoted to all hell, and for similar reasons to this post. Hopefully they'll look at this, see the amount of dislikes it's getting and change course again/revert this mess to the way it was before.
Wrongthink
Re: On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
#4Wow, what a trainwreck in the comments. It's a shame that this is what happens whenever you remind developers to use common decency.
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#5I think the blowback is really just about cognitive load. There's only so much you can expend on social mores before the actual subject you're discussing gets eclipsed. Everyone deserves equal respect, but I understand that when I'm not in the majority in a situation that my perspectives/language may be alien to some of those in the majority- I don't hold it against them unless there is explicit hostility.
I find myself starting to subconsciously just use "you" or "them" and avoid any specific gendering altogether- in this day and age it just seems the least tiring route to go.
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#6I don’t know if I’ve ever written a single pronoun on stack overflow.
I write a question referring only to myself “How do I...” Or I write an answer with “you”, or I reference another poster by name.
I don’t quite understand why the admins thought this was a good use of energy, but I am also all for inclusivity. If I find the need for a pronoun, I will use “they” and not be bothered by it.
Re: On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
#7Now it seems StackOverflow knows how YouTube feels whenever they post a YouTube Rewind video. That one got absolutely downvoted to all hell, and for similar reasons to this post. Hopefully they'll look at this, see the amount of dislikes it's getting and change course again/revert this mess to the way it was before.
This "mess" is an attempt to encourage/enforce basic decency in their community. Why do you think they should "change course"?
Re: On the way to being the most downvoted post ever on StackOverflow:Meta
#8Wow, what a trainwreck in the comments. It's a shame that this is what happens whenever you remind developers to use common decency.
The majority of comments have no qualms with respecting one's mode of self-identification, but rather, with the method by which S.E. has chosen to approach it.
In other words, the commenters have an issue with the poor execution of a noble idea.
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#9I'm going to get a stackoverflow account just so i can downvote this.
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#10What's particularly obnoxious about this type of political thought is the idea that "If you don't support forced or compelled speech in favor of X then you must be against X". The problems with this type of thinking are too obvious to list off.