Codes of Conduct can never replace good intentions, mutual respect and human decency, but in the right hands, they can be an excellent tool for bullying and abuse.
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Replying to @Plinz
A lack of a code of conduct is an excellent opportunity for bullying and abuse by people who happen to lack good intentions, mutual respect and human decency.
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Replying to @andreasdotorg
A code of conduct never changes bad actors, and they will always find ways to circumvent or even use them, for instance by creating Kangaroo courts. Erroneous conduct of well intentioned people can usually be resolved, but bad actors cannot.
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Replying to @Plinz @andreasdotorg
I think you both generalized it too much - IMO it all depends on the constitution of the community - its size, age, diversity and purpose, member relations, power distribution, overlap of formal and informal authority structures, congruence of individual and common goals etc...
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I am so sorry; I did not realize that my statement could be read as "CoCs are bad, and communities should never have them", which is clearly not true. They are a powerful and often indispensable tool, but we should not think of them as automation for good intentions.
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