From 7b29533a6bb0185f3fb6772c73ed6fbe08e2d3ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Spek Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:42:27 +0200 Subject: Amend SoC controversy article to pass samcv's review --- _posts/2019-08-10-the-soc-controversy.html | 34 ++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to '_posts') diff --git a/_posts/2019-08-10-the-soc-controversy.html b/_posts/2019-08-10-the-soc-controversy.html index d2f6ed9..b7b9dfd 100644 --- a/_posts/2019-08-10-the-soc-controversy.html +++ b/_posts/2019-08-10-the-soc-controversy.html @@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ description: > address the issue for myself. --- +{% admonition_md Disclaimer %} +Please keep in mind that the opinion shared in this blog post is mine and mine +alone. I do not speak for any other members of the PerlCon organization team. +Please do not address anyone but me for the positions held in this post. +{% endadmonition_md %} + {% markdown %} Those that know me are probably aware that I generally dislike to make political posts on my personal blog. I'd rather stick to technological arguments, as there's less problems to be found with regards to personal feelings and all that. However, as I'm growing older (and hopefully more mature), I find it harder to keep politics out of my life as I interact with -online communities. This becomes especially true as I am helping with -organizing [PerlCon 2020](). +online communities. This becomes especially true as I plan to assist with +organizing [PerlCon +2020](https://wiki.perlcon.eu/doku.php/proposals/2020/amsterdam). {% endmarkdown %} {% markdown %} @@ -41,18 +48,18 @@ Internet for any reasonable discussion, as it puts a very low limit on the amount of characters you are allowed to spend on a single post. This makes it downright impossible for any discussion, and seems to always lead to petty name-calling. This is one of the reasons why [I'm instead using a Pleroma -instance]() for my social media presence on the Internet. If anyone is on the -Internet with the intent of having interesting discussion, I'd highly recommend -to use some entrance into the Fediverse. The instance I'm using is open for -sign-ups! +instance](https://soc.fglt.nl/main/public) for my social media presence on the +Internet. If anyone is on the Internet with the intent of having interesting +discussion, I'd highly recommend to use some entrance into the Fediverse. The +instance I'm using is open for sign-ups! {% endmarkdown %} {% markdown %} But I digress. The SoC controversy is what made me want to write this blog post. I wonder why this even is a controversy. Why do people think it is impossible to co-exist without some document describing explicitly what is and -is not allowed? I remember having those at school when I was younger. Did we -not grow up, and learn how to simply respect one another in person since then? +is not allowed? I would hope that we're all adults, and can respect one another +as such. {% endmarkdown %} {% markdown %} @@ -61,9 +68,9 @@ avoided if there *was* a SoC provided? I certainly did not, at any point, feel that people were being harmful to one another, but maybe I'm just blind to it. If anyone has concrete examples of events that happened during PerlCon 2019 that a SoC could've prevented, I would be genuinely interested in hearing about -them. I need to help make a decision about things like this for PerlCon 2020, -and concrete examples would be benificial in understanding why people think -they need it. +them. If I am to assist in organizing PerlCon 2020, and I want to be able to +present a good argument on the SoC discussion, I'll need concrete examples of +real problems that have occurred. {% endmarkdown %} {% markdown %} @@ -106,8 +113,9 @@ faith of people, and to me it feels like a SoC does the exact opposite. {% markdown %} I hope this blog post does it's job to invite you kindly to share your opinions -with me, either on IRC, email or on the Fediverse. I'd gladly start a -discussion on the positive and negative effects the SoC has, and the problems +with me, either on [IRC, email or on the Fediverse]({{ +"#communication-channels" | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}). I'd +gladly start a discussion on the positive and negative effects the SoC has, and the problems it solves and creates. I think a civil discussion is in order here, to best prepare us for PerlCon 2020. {% endmarkdown %} -- cgit v1.1