blargathon

Let's consider them as market forces. Likes are internet currency. In that context dislikes are a secondary currency that doesn't have a clear value. Dislikes tend to depend on the content and current cultural norms to determine why the dislike was added. Their value is not easily determined. For a controversial creator a dislike may actually be a badge of honor. For a DIY creator it's a major negative. Due to this apparent ambiguity in the value of dislikes and what they mean I don't find them worth while.

I wonder what the secondary consequences will be. The gig worker law had some nasty secondary consequences for musicians and such. These regulations really seem to hurt the little guys.

That said, the law is short and doesn't even go to deeply into what an "agreement" is. So maybe it's ok?

I agree. A downvote has more chance to be done as a result of our disgust response. As I understand it, the disgust response preempts our reason center. Obviously, that does not lend itself to a better discussion. Reasonable and rational dissent to an idea seems like a better idea than a knee jerk response.

All of that is valid, and I don't disagree on most points. However, we have a stupidly polarized political climate right now. It makes "agree to disagree" pretty tough since the press and social media tend to stir people up.

I think it's better to rise above the noise and focus on building things. I know people on both sides of the political spectrum that are good people and good engineers. I'd rather focus on common ground.

None at all, except that a contributor who participates in the project, but objects to a position or practice of the advocated organization is presented with an ethical dilemma that is avoidable. BLM is not alone in being controversial in some of it's positions. Lots of other advocacy groups (Autism Speaks for instance), have a polarizing affect on people. I think it is better to avoid these ethical dilemmas in favor of cooperation. It is easy to condemn and exclude based on ideas, it is much harder and more worthy to find ideas we all agree on and build useful things for everyone.

Well said. More love, more code.

You sorta proved the point inadvertently. Sure, if you don't support equal rights you are a bit of an ass hole, but BLM and other organizations can and should be legitimately criticized. If they can't be then they are in danger of corruption without those checks and balances. Exactly 0% of that is in a technical project's wheel house.

Politics being as divisive as it is I'd prefer it stay in the political arena. In America that stuff is pretty toxic right now. I'd rather not git pull that mess into other parts of my life.

Quite nice. I especially like the concept of application state. Well worth the read.

Kinda disappointing. I don't really like the # for privates. It's not an elegant solution. It feels a bit like a one-off hack honestly.