Accessibility Specialist. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
Great advice in here Eevis. I think there is one more thing you can do to protect yourself if you feel overwhelmed, just lock the comments. Obviously that is the nuclear option, but it is better than deleting the post entirely!
You do not owe someone an answer.
On the flip side I would argue that if you want to venture into controversial topics you have to be prepared for controversy (and approach it with a "I am prepared to answer this, but I will ignore that" attitude). So having rules such as the ones you list here are a great way to "wade in" but also protect yourself if things get too much or out of hand.
Thank you! Yeah, one option would be locking the comments - but then again, that would lock the good (meaning, not trolls/etc.) comments as well. So as you said, the nuclear option.
And I think those good (again, not trolls/etc.), challenging comments are a good thing, and having a discussion, even debate over controversial topics is needed, because both sides usually learn. But when it comes to those comments, that are clearly trolls or using hurtful language - well, it would be awesome to be able to ignore them completely, but they drain energy.
Accessibility Specialist. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
It is that balance that is so very difficult. As you know I enjoy the controversy so I want to see it all, but for people who find it draining it would be great to have some sort of option to do sentiment analysis on a post and filter out negative ones temporarily for days when you don’t have the capacity to deal with it!
Maybe a feature for DEV in a few years when machine learning becomes more robust and easy to implement!
For now you will just have to rely on the techniques you mentioned here and plow through the negative stuff on the days where you have the space for it I guess!
I hope you get some time to post more frequently again, always enjoy your stuff (even the stuff I disagree with! 😜) ❤️
Great advice in here Eevis. I think there is one more thing you can do to protect yourself if you feel overwhelmed, just lock the comments. Obviously that is the nuclear option, but it is better than deleting the post entirely!
You do not owe someone an answer.
On the flip side I would argue that if you want to venture into controversial topics you have to be prepared for controversy (and approach it with a "I am prepared to answer this, but I will ignore that" attitude). So having rules such as the ones you list here are a great way to "wade in" but also protect yourself if things get too much or out of hand.
Top tips! ❤🦄
Thank you! Yeah, one option would be locking the comments - but then again, that would lock the good (meaning, not trolls/etc.) comments as well. So as you said, the nuclear option.
And I think those good (again, not trolls/etc.), challenging comments are a good thing, and having a discussion, even debate over controversial topics is needed, because both sides usually learn. But when it comes to those comments, that are clearly trolls or using hurtful language - well, it would be awesome to be able to ignore them completely, but they drain energy.
It is that balance that is so very difficult. As you know I enjoy the controversy so I want to see it all, but for people who find it draining it would be great to have some sort of option to do sentiment analysis on a post and filter out negative ones temporarily for days when you don’t have the capacity to deal with it!
Maybe a feature for DEV in a few years when machine learning becomes more robust and easy to implement!
For now you will just have to rely on the techniques you mentioned here and plow through the negative stuff on the days where you have the space for it I guess!
I hope you get some time to post more frequently again, always enjoy your stuff (even the stuff I disagree with! 😜) ❤️
Heh, that feature for DEV would be awesome 😄 Thank you, I will definitely try, but we'll see how this fall turns out.