There are two emotional responses fighting in me:

being passive aggressive or being aggressively passive

Personally I have given up on Stack Exchange Company. It becomes more and more apparent that they just dont see us as a main asset that needs maintenance and grooming.

I still think that we should provide feedback here — not for SE but for any project that will fill our needs to learn from SE's mistakes. Of course we can try to police the tone of our feedback — and we should, as it might make the days of those employees still visiting meta less horrible.

But make no mistake: talking more carefully and nicer will not change anything about OUR situation. This community is in the midst of being lobotomized.

I will use SO as a working tool for the fore-see-able future, just out of necessity. But I am prepared to abandon ship as soon as real community driven projects will emerge out of this mess.

There are two emotional responses fighting in me:

being passive aggressive or being aggressively passive

Personally I have given up on Stack Exchange Company. It becomes more and more apparent that they just don’t see us as a main asset that needs maintenance and grooming.

I still think that we should provide feedback here — not for SE, but for any project that will fill our needs to learn from SE's mistakes. Of course we can try to police the tone of our feedback — and we should, as it might make the days of those employees still visiting meta less horrible.

But make no mistake: talking more carefully and nicer will not change anything about our situation. This community is in the midst of being lobotomized.

I will use SO as a working tool for the foreseeable future, just out of necessity. But I am prepared to abandon ship as soon as real community-driven projects will emerge out of this mess.

Personally I have given up on Stack Exchange Company. It becomes more and more apparent that they just dont see us as a main asset that needs maintenance and grooming.

I still think that we should provide feedback here — not for SE but for any project that will fill our needs to learn from SE's mistakes. Of course we can try to police the tone of our feedback — and we should, as it might make the days of those employees still visiting meta less horrible.

But make no mistake: talking more carefully and nicer will not change anything about OUR situation. This community is in the midst of being lobotomized.

I will use SO as a working tool for the fore-see-able future, just out of necessity. But I am prepared to abandon ship as soon as real community driven projects will emerge out of this mess.

There are two emotional responses fighting in me:

being passive aggressive or being aggressively passive

Personally I have given up on Stack Exchange Company. It becomes more and more apparent that they just dont see us as a main asset that needs maintenance and grooming.

I still think that we should provide feedback here — not for SE but for any project that will fill our needs to learn from SE's mistakes. Of course we can try to police the tone of our feedback — and we should, as it might make the days of those employees still visiting meta less horrible.

But make no mistake: talking more carefully and nicer will not change anything about OUR situation. This community is in the midst of being lobotomized.

I will use SO as a working tool for the fore-see-able future, just out of necessity. But I am prepared to abandon ship as soon as real community driven projects will emerge out of this mess.