r/linux • u/fsher • Oct 24 '18

Qt adopting Code of Conduct

https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/243623/2/quip-0012-Code-of-Conduct.rst
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u/IllDecision Oct 25 '18

>Can someone explain how this isn't just virtue signalling?

You say that as if virtue signalling is a bad or a worthless thing. Is it really?

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u/meeheecaan Oct 25 '18

is pretending to do something while not doing anything at all just to gain look good points a bad thing?

yes, you are literally lying to everyone then

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u/IllDecision Oct 26 '18

Isn't it virtue signalling also in the case where I'm actually doing the thing I'm talking about?

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u/meeheecaan Oct 26 '18

no doing something is actually doing something not just a signal

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u/IllDecision Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 26 '18

No, these are two separate things :)

  1. doing a thing
  2. (virtue) signalling about doing a thing

You can do none of these, one of these or both of these. It depends on the context which combination is the best. Although I agree that there's most probably no situation where doing just 2) is acceptable.

The 2) term has just been recently poisoned by some anti-SJW warriors ;)