I fully agree, please keep friendly environment on this list. Btw I also
met people who were making fun about Peter's reactions on bitcoin-dev.

slush


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Alan Reiner <etotheipi@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would echo the need for some kind of moderation.
>
> I believe Peter Todd is an extremely intelligent individual, who has a
> lot to offer the Bitcoin community.  He has a firm grasp of a lot of
> really deep Bitcoin concepts and his *technical* insight is generally
> positive.  Technically.  But the way he communicates on this list is
> *extremely* corrosive and breeds hostility.  It makes it a scary place
> to discuss things, with frequent, public ridicule of everything posted.
>
> I agree that I would rather have a friendly environment to discuss
> technicals, even if it means losing additional technical insight.
> People who would explicitly insult other contributors intelligence and
> character on a public list should be subject to some kind of negative
> reinforcement.   Maybe there's solutions other than outright banning.
>
> -Alan
>
>
>
> On 03/25/2014 01:37 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org> wrote:
> >> For someone with 'Chief Scientist' as their job title, I'm surprised you
> >> think so little of hard evidence and so much of idol worshipping.
> > Peter, take this unprofessional, personal crap off-list.
> >
> > Mike's anecdote of hostility is not an isolated one.  Just today, a
> > bitcore developer commented on "Peter Todd's ..apocalyptic vision
> > and... negative view on bitcoin" which turned off some other
> > developers from participating more interactively.
> >
> > As I commented on IRC, open source projects are no strangers to people
> > who simultaneously (a) make useful contributions and (b) turn
> > potential contributors away with an abrasive or hostile attitude
> > toward others.  It's an unsolved problem in OSS, that I saw for 15+
> > years in the Linux kernel community.
> >
> > For this list, as Mike suggested on IRC, introducing an openly stated
> > moderation policy may be the one route.
> >
>
>
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