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| Layer Zero Social Rules |
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We use a set of social rules inhereted from the Recurse
Center in NYC.
See www.recurse.com/manual#sub-sec-social-rules
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| 1: No Feigning Surprise |
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The first rule means you shouldn't act surprised when
people say they don't know something.
This applies to both technical things ("What?! I can't
believe you don't know what the stack is!") and
non-technical things ("You don't know who RMS is?!").
Feigning surprise has absolutely no social or educational
benefit: When people feign surprise, it's usually to make
them feel better about themselves and others feel worse.
And even when that's not the intention, it's almost
always the effect. As you've probably already guessed,
this rule is tightly coupled to our belief in the
importance of people feeling comfortable saying "I don't
know" and "I don't understand."
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| 2: No Well-Actually's |
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A well-actually happens when someone says something
that's almost - but not entirely - correct, and you say,
"well, actually..." and then give a minor correction. This
is especially annoying when the correction has no bearing
on the actual conversation. This doesn't mean that Layer
Zero isn't about truth-seeking or that we don't care
about being precise. Almost all well-actually's in our
experience are about grandstanding, not truth-seeking.
(Thanks to Miguel de Icaza for originally coining the
term "well-actually.")
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| 3: No back-seat driving |
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If you overhear people working through a problem, you
shouldn't intermittently lob advice across the room. This
can lead to the "too many cooks" problem, but more
important, it can be rude and disruptive to
half-participate in a conversation. This isn't to say you
shouldn't help, offer advice, or join conversations. On
the contrary, we encourage all those things. Rather, it
just means that when you want to help out or work with
others, you should fully engage and not just butt in
sporadically.
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| 4: No subtle -isms |
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Our last social rule bans subtle racism, sexism,
homophobia, transphobia, and other kinds of bias. This
one is different from the rest, because it covers a class
of behaviors instead of one very specific pattern.
Subtle -isms are small things that make others feel
unwelcome, things that we all sometimes do by mistake.
For example, saying "It's so easy my grandmother could do
it" is a subtle -ism. Like the other three social rules,
this one is often accidentally broken. Like the other
three, it's not a big deal to mess up – you just
apologize and move on.
If you see a subtle -ism at Layer Zero, you can
point it out to the relevant person, either publicly or
privately. We have no paid faculty, so it is up to the
community to regulate itself. This involves a very
healthy dose of trust, and being direct and honest.
After this, we ask that all further discussion
move out of public channels. If you are a third party,
and you don't see what could be biased about the comment
that was made, feel free to talk about it
privately.Please don't say, "Comment X wasn't
homophobic!" Similarly, please don't pile on to someone
who made a mistake. The "subtle" in "subtle -isms" means
that it's probably not obvious to everyone right away
what was wrong with the comment.
We want Layer Zero to be a space with as little bigotry
as possible in it. Therefore, if you see sexism, racism,
etc. outside of Layer Zero, please don't bring it
in. For example, please don't start a discussion of the
latest offensive comment from Random Person X. For many
people, especially those who may have spent time in
unpleasant environments, these conversations can be very
distracting. At Layer Zero, we want to remove as many
distractions as possible so everyone can focus on
creation. There are many other places in the world to
discuss and debate issues. (including our #politics
channel)
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