This conversation seems especially timely with some gentle pushback against non-technical conversations dominating social media and content channels over the past weeks. Recognizing that technologists are people with full ranges of experiences and more to share than their professional outlook seems like a wonderful way to humanize our industry and better connect with each other
Absolutely. And I feel where folks are coming from. I sometimes have to mute people for a while even if I want to keep in touch with them long term. It's a personal thing, we need to find our ways to focus.
But that's really a personal thing, nobody's forcing anyone onto Twitter. But I think Twitter is not necessarily the ideal place for connection in the first place. Filling Twitter's conversational voids for the technical community where it makes sense to do so is a big consideration in the ongoing development of dev.to.
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What I've been struggling with is expressing my own views but also making it apparent to those that do not agree with me that I would love some civil conversation about this. Like a safe space. Not only for LGBTQ but also for isolationist/nationalists who want to be in a dialogue, too.
It's starting to get so bad that I bet we can find more and more things we can agree on and work on those. I just don't know how to cut through that rage (including my own) to get this started. This thread is a great seed. Thanks for making it!
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This conversation seems especially timely with some gentle pushback against non-technical conversations dominating social media and content channels over the past weeks. Recognizing that technologists are people with full ranges of experiences and more to share than their professional outlook seems like a wonderful way to humanize our industry and better connect with each other
Absolutely. And I feel where folks are coming from. I sometimes have to mute people for a while even if I want to keep in touch with them long term. It's a personal thing, we need to find our ways to focus.
But that's really a personal thing, nobody's forcing anyone onto Twitter. But I think Twitter is not necessarily the ideal place for connection in the first place. Filling Twitter's conversational voids for the technical community where it makes sense to do so is a big consideration in the ongoing development of dev.to.
What I've been struggling with is expressing my own views but also making it apparent to those that do not agree with me that I would love some civil conversation about this. Like a safe space. Not only for LGBTQ but also for isolationist/nationalists who want to be in a dialogue, too.
It's starting to get so bad that I bet we can find more and more things we can agree on and work on those. I just don't know how to cut through that rage (including my own) to get this started. This thread is a great seed. Thanks for making it!