And being beginner-hostile by omission is very revealing of the community’s values.
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Beginner apathy is far more common than beginner hostility. Never actually seen beginner hostility.
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Do you know ’s concept of the Help Vampire? It’s a dynamic that leads to beginner hostility: slash7.com/2006/12/22/vam
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that sounds like a problem created by beginners though? Not an intentional program of hazing or something?
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At first. But it kicks off a cycle where in-group members withdraw from beginners and feel hostile towards them.
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not putting down the un-helpable results in broad hatred of everyone who ever asks for help. bad boundaries.
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oh, and forking into "beginner comms" is like forking public ed. the impoverished will learn all wrong& never catch up
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yup, welcome to market economics. Darwin's a bitch etc. Nobody said world was fair and all get ed access by divine right
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…education isn't offered by God, it's made by governments which can & should provide equal opportunity.
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Of course, along with env protection, welfare, social security. If you care what can/should come first,run for office :)


