Thanks for the reminder Ilia. Great source for reflection and growth.
Would you be able to expand on how the community should respond when there are gross violations of the etiquette? What we need right now are appropriate conflict resolution mechanisms.
The cancer that triggered some of the most prominent threads that had very serious defamatory allegations of wrongdoing is now spreading across the forum, sowing conflict and turning newcomers away. Just the most recent example I’ve come across from a recent proposal:
There have been repeated calls to ban some of the worst offending community members. And while the threads may ‘die away’ (discontent and frustration turns inwards) as people ‘do not defend themselves’ and ‘try not to escalate’, the community slowly dies as it becomes a breeding ground for toxicity dominated by rogue players.
I’m already feeling a chilling effect on community from twitter to telegram. Reminders of appropriate etiquette are appropriate and timely, but we need to follow through with action.