|
charlieg wrote: PS - would really like to hear from John Simmons aka JSOP again.
Me, too, Charlie.
Will Rogers never met me.
|
|
|
|
|
Policing.
There were a few times where I did cross the line. Having a profile that helps find work and that I'm invested in, I'm not going to risc that for a snarky comment.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
|
|
|
|
|
Moderators.
Keep the signal to noise ratio in line.
Audience: Has-been, will-be, are: techies.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
|
|
|
|
|
True, but ironic. As "nerds" many people see us as a group lacking social skills, yet we have an ethos in the lounge that many social media sites would envy, if only they knew!
|
|
|
|
|
Agree but lacking social skills beats having negative social skills. I have had some good experience in focused groups of Reddit and Discord, but haven't really spent much time there.
Seems like the hate is most obnoxious when politics and such wander in. "You're <subject> wears army drawers". Too easy to be anonymous on the Internet.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
|
|
|
|
|
Now that's a phrase I've not come across before!
|
|
|
|
|
When I was in the service, it was: "your grandmother wears army shorts". Childish? Of course. We had a lot of kids who hadn't completed high school. Today is far different (just like everything else).
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
|
|
|
|
|
I've been a member since 2001. I think the cultural success of CodeProject should be attributed first and foremost to Chris Maunder & company. Their ongoing tireless efforts to keep CP a useful place to come for technical information and assistance are amazing. At the same time they've managed to keep the site friendly without turning it into an online police state. They've also largely avoided the model used by other sites that member longevity implies you should be allowed to moderate site content. Longevity can mean you're devoted to a place you like, or that you've simply found a target-rich environment to spew vitriol.
The CP membership does deserve some credit. Most of us try not to be asshats here. We've had our share of 'characters' (some of which are still here  ) and outright trolls. The thing to notice is that the membership is always changing, yet the culture stays the course.
Software Zen: delete this;
|
|
|
|
|
you said it, gary
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
|
|
|
|
|
It is pretty visible that my mother's tongue was not queen's English.
After few months of exposure to ..american.. English I realized that majority of verbal "instructions" are terminated with "...won't you?? " which I interpreted as "...I have given you instruction / answer , which was so obvious.... ".
I believe the success of this forum is that MAJORITY OF participants are in the same boat, not English purists.
PS
for similar reason I value being called " amigo " or " bro " more than being called "friend"....
and that is worth a buck...$
|
|
|
|
|
Salvatore Terress wrote: majority of verbal "instructions" are terminated with "...won't you?? "
Worse, a lot of instructions begin with "why don't you...?"
E.g. Why don't you take out the trash while I do the dishes? -- Because I don't feel like it is why not.
|
|
|
|
|
Answers to the "why don't you...?" question are rarely welcome.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adding to Gary's answer: eliminating the Soapbox. Many liked the feature, but it definitely brought out the worst in some people. Chris unequivocally said "No" when that was closed. My hat is off to him for that decision.
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you! So far I’ve got two ingredients: enlightened moderation and the elimination of this “soapbox”. As I’ve said, I haven’t been around long enough to see how toxic this forum was. Is it still archived somewhere? I’d like to see it as a museum piece.
Mircea
|
|
|
|
|
It's not archived here. Maybe archive.org, but I doubt it.
|
|
|
|
|
It didn't get closed, it got nuked.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
I agree. It didn't add much of anything to the community except drama. People took it as an excuse to be their worst selves, and it didn't really match the overall theme here.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
|
|
|
|
|
Mircea Neacsu wrote: this oasis of respect and gentleness
Are you on a different CP? 
I've been called stupid, a moron, a child killer...
By active and "respected" members of the community no less.
Luckily they've all been banned.
The closing of the soapbox helped too.
So maybe that's why it's so peaceful now.
No politics or religion and rude members get a ban.
|
|
|
|
|
As I’ve said, I started hanging around rather recently so I haven’t seen all that venom. A few others have suggested that closing the soapbox was a good thing.
Mircea
|
|
|
|
|
In the 90's I used to belong to a service called BIX. It was Byte Magazine's online forums and attracted a lot of notable people in the computer and other industries. There was a lot of history going on. I remember a particular disccusion on discovering the then undocumented inner workings of MS-DOS to create robust Terminate and Stay Resident programs.
It eventually was sold to the Delphi service and after a few years shut down as the Internet had a lot of free sites to offer with more friendly user interfaces.
Code Project has a lot of the feeling for me.
|
|
|
|
|
“CodeProject: where elephants programmers go to die!” How is that for a new tagline 
Mircea
|
|
|
|
|
Good moderation makes or breaks a community.
There have been some trolls here and there - i got trolled last week here, but the staff tends to keep it to a minimum.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
|
|
|
|
|
honey the codewitch wrote: i got trolled last week here, but the staff tends to keep it to a minimum.
Except when it gets about the usage of {} 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
