In response to the fuss about the Linux kernel team contemplating a new Code of Conduct and revelations that Linus Torvald's daughter has sighed a cancerous "Post-Meritocracy Manifesto", I decided to help those who are pressured to provide a Code of Conduct for their service, project or conference but would like a sane one which doesn't involving bending over with a big red BULLSEYE around your arsehole.

https://github.com/nathanchere/...

I just read that document. What a steaming pile of crap. Those people are just cannon fodder for the universe. SMOD where are you?

So what's wrong with the Linux "Code of Conflict"? It says abuse is unacceptable and where to report it. Is it that it doesn't say much about penalties/escalation beyond that? Is it that Linus is judged to be breaking it himself?

@d4ng3r0u5 . I don't know if your question was directed to me or not. Regardless, I realize I did not specify that the document I was referring to was the post meritocracy manifesto, not the code of conduct.

@monkeyboy It was a general question, possibly even for the SJW brigade. I haven't read that manifesto.

@d4ng3r0u5 tl;dr: meritocracy is bad because results and achievements are not inclusive enough of those who do not achieve the same results. Token diversity is good because all people are the same, so we should hire more people who are the same just for being different even though they are the same. And something something privilege.

Meritocracy sounds like a great idea. But (or so I've read somewhere) measuring the "merit" objectively is difficult, so when implementing "meritocracy" people have fallen too much for existing (even if unintentional) biases.

A little bit like communism. Workers' ownership of the means of production? Sounds good. IRL communist states? Seem to all end in tyranny.

@d4ng3r0u5 objectively measuring merit is not difficult at all but even if we assume it is, a flawed application of an ideal principle is often better than an ideal application of a flawed principle. To say meritocratic drivers are somehow worse for software engineering than diversity based drivers is inane at best. If you want to argue that it is bad for the tech industry but better for society as a whole, that is at least something which can be debated. But noone is admitting it is bad for the tech industry, which makes it difficult to have an intellectually honest discussion on the whole topic.

@nathanchere I've never been a manager, I just parroted something I read. So it might be BS. But as I said first, I think meritocracy is a great idea, and I agree with you that it should be a more important driver than diversity. Hire the best person for the job that seems like they will integrate with the team, whatever colour, sexuality or religion they are.

"In a nutshell: Contribute, do it well, leave politics and personal issues at the door."
Now THAT is a good TL;DR! SJW's, take note of that! Also EU who do I have to pay now for this quote, hmm... Yeah. Fuck that shit.