Timeline for Toward a philosophy of Chat
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| Jan 18, 2021 at 11:44 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:31 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 14, 2015 at 17:15 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | I don't see how it's an analogy in any way at all (an abstraction, perhaps), but whatever. | |
| Dec 14, 2015 at 16:24 | comment | added | Shog9 Mod | It's another analogy, @Lightness - and as much as I love analogies, they're not particularly helpful when folks have such varied opinions on what they're supposed to imply. The core problem here is not a lack of professional standards; it's a conscious, concerted effort to avoid the application of any standards. Or if you'd prefer an analogy... We don't need a formal dress code, we need folks to put on pants and stop waving their bits in other people's faces. | |
| Dec 12, 2015 at 12:45 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇: So you can't act in a professional manner when talking about anything other than your day job? | |
| Dec 12, 2015 at 12:44 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @Shog9: I agree with Louis, and I don't think you actually disagree with him either. Saying "be professional" covers what you are saying and more. It's a shorter way of saying "don't be a huge disruptive braying jackass or any of these other things: a, b, c, d, e, f". We want people to act as they would at work, so... | |
| Dec 11, 2015 at 14:50 | comment | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | "Keep it professional" is vague advice considering so many of the SE sites are dedicated to hobbies. | |
| Dec 11, 2015 at 2:20 | comment | added | Louis | I happened to spend quite a bit of time looking at transcripts after the recent blowout on SO. What I saw there was not people who did not understand that being a "braying jackass" is a problem. Far from it: that seemed completely understood. What I saw are people who did not understand that the contents of their messages was not appropriate for chat on the SE network. And the reason they thought that their messages were in fact appropriate is that they treated the room as a third space, when it is not. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 20:38 | comment | added | Shog9 Mod | That's why I say professionalism is a red herring, Louis: being a huge disruptive braying jackass is inappropriate in many settings, professional or otherwise. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 19:02 | comment | added | Louis | You say "if you start screaming in the faces of everyone else walking through then you're gonna face repercussions for your behavior all the same." Yes, just like doing that in the office would. What is tolerated in a professional setting is narrower than in the park and departure from what is okay is more consequential. Wear a racy t-shirt at work, and you'll have HR taking note of it in your file and telling you to wear something else. Repeat it and you may find yourself looking for a job elsewhere. Do it in the park and the consequence, if any, is going to be much milder. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 18:37 | comment | added | Shog9 Mod | Drop the idea of "professionalism", it's a red herring in all these discussions. You don't have to be "professional" in a park, but if you start screaming in the faces of everyone else walking through then you're gonna face repercussions for your behavior all the same. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 18:16 | history | answered | Louis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |