1/ So, this is kinda the consensus answer to OP.https://twitter.com/dataandme/status/1110251098747609088 …
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted Keiran Thompson
2/ Even within one broad sub-community (e.g., data viz), it's my intuition that there's a lot more tangled and competing interests (e.g., production stability v research).https://twitter.com/drenerbas/status/1110223019417452544 …
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted Hannah
3/ Which I think often manifests in ways perceived as antagonistic when people are not careful. (
@story645 gives a good example of how to be careful).https://twitter.com/story645/status/1110249967870984193 …💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 added,
Hannah @story645Replying to @drenerbas @generativistTrying not to come across as defensive, but in like every other mpl dev call there's a discussion on getting rid of [thing everyone agrees is absurd] and then someone mentions [larger than you'd think] user base that critically relies on it. It's a tightrope for bigger projects.1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
4/ Like, even back in the day, I remember inter-group rivalries between the Rails/MERB people that didn't go away when they merged.
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5/ Like, even the way you structure a question can echo and reinflame prior technical disagreements that lead to animosity. And, critically, newer members of a community don't know what is associated with who and why! They just perceive, "wow, what a dickish response."
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5/ This is all a hot take on my part, so take it with a grain of salt. But, all of these hypotheses are testable! And, I'm sure they've even been tested already.
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P.S. When I'm done defending in a few weeks, I'll look through the lit. cc:
@devonzuegel who probably knows the relevant lit already.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
P.P.S. @Aelkus and @Brett_Fujioka because this maybe a cool way to interrogate general sub-community fuckery.
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