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by matheusmoreira·6y ago·view on hn ↗
Yeah. I've witnessed so many controversies I started archiving and collecting them. Code of conduct enforcement is flawed to say the least.
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I would be interested in seeing these.

My naive hope is that a code of conduct could be crafted with defensive measures to at least mitigate such problems, but that is probably hopeless in the face of bad actors.

> I would be interested in seeing these.

I have some links bookmarked:

https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/325

https://archive.is/XcxSf

https://archive.is/YnGGz

https://archive.is/EJmJ7

That directly followed a failed attempt at enforcement that led to a fork:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170821212745/https://github.co...

This article covers the whole thing:

https://theoutline.com/post/2206/the-node-js-code-of-conduct...

An HN discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15101668

> My naive hope is that a code of conduct could be crafted with defensive measures to at least mitigate such problems

The problem isn't the letter of the law, it's that the rules don't seem to apply to certain groups of people.