alt Hacker NewsCodes of conduct are perfunctory virtue signalling. Do we really need a unique set of "rules" posted on every project? They all sound like they were written by the same AI bot. That said, it's telling that the Zig leader can't even follow them. The rules should just be taken down.
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I would think leaders sometimes not following their own codes of conduct is the strongest argument in favor of having them: yes, they are obvious to everyone but they are also evidently easy to forget in the heat of the moment. It's a standard of behavior to strive for not one statically attainable. Reminders are needed and that's the purpose their deliberate codifying serves.
It's helpful when people are being assholes to point to a document describing how they're being an asshole and to cut it out
Not even virtue, codes of conduct just signals leftist control over an organisation.
Oh my code of conduct allows using profanities but not directing them at people :D
CoCs are useful at least for autists. They don’t have to be unique for every project.
A good CoC for most projects is: “tl;dr: don’t act rude or illegal”, followed by a detailed explanation of what is rude or illegal, ending with “project maintainers have final discretion”.
They are also used to exclude control speech and exclude certain people https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-shameful-defenestr...
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A relic from the ZIRP era when people had time and job security to engage in politics and creating drama on Twitter instead of doing their job.
Ah the good old days!
Every org has a code of conduct and this is nothing new. How seriously it is taken in each case is a different issue. Code of conduct usually amount to some rules that say “don’t be an asshole to others”. Can’t see why this is problematic or “virtue signaling”.