I always value your contribution to discussions, Nica, and this post is no exception. Thanks for jumping in with your perspective as a developer advocate (and for sharing some insights that it would feel kinda defensive for a DEV team member to write)!
Your post highlights the hard work our volunteer moderators do, without minimizing the scale of the task we face every day in upholding our Code of Conduct in an industry that contains significant pockets of resistance to anti-oppression practices.
I really love your emphasis on human-driven content. Let's hope that this translates into a deeper understanding that your readers can play a role in shaping the content culture here on DEV.
Things people can do include:
submitting abuse reports from the ... below the reaction icons
volunteering to become moderators for specific tags, or the site in general
reacting to and commenting on the types of content we want to see more of so it rises up the feed
sharing this content with our networks to help broaden its reach
adjusting the experience level of their posts from the /manage page and adjusting the experience level of their feeds from the /settings/customization page
tagging posts appropriately and adjusting their personal tag preferences from /dashboard/following_tags
and, of course, following @nocnica
's example of creating the type of content we want to see more of.
Hi Ella! Appreciate you! I really hope that others see this comment since, I really want to emphasize that humans are in control of DEV and it's possible to both customize our views and change the tone of the site with our contributions.
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
I always value your contribution to discussions, Nica, and this post is no exception. Thanks for jumping in with your perspective as a developer advocate (and for sharing some insights that it would feel kinda defensive for a DEV team member to write)!
Your post highlights the hard work our volunteer moderators do, without minimizing the scale of the task we face every day in upholding our Code of Conduct in an industry that contains significant pockets of resistance to anti-oppression practices.
I really love your emphasis on human-driven content. Let's hope that this translates into a deeper understanding that your readers can play a role in shaping the content culture here on DEV.
Things people can do include:
...below the reaction icons/managepage and adjusting the experience level of their feeds from the/settings/customizationpage/dashboard/following_tagsHi Ella! Appreciate you! I really hope that others see this comment since, I really want to emphasize that humans are in control of DEV and it's possible to both customize our views and change the tone of the site with our contributions.