After my initial failed attempt to deliver the message, I started a thread on Meta Stack Exchange, against my better judgement. I KNEW beforehand my proposals would be received negatively, since those who spend the most time hanging out on meta are those who are most likely to resist changes. But I was still tempted by the possibility of conferring with like-minded people (and I found one). Among the slew of downvotes, the only verbal objection to my proposals, by a mod, alongside his straw man on the less important part of my post, using (apparently deliberate) repeated out of context quotes, comes down to the following one liner: Everything is fine the way it is, so don't bother. Obviously, the logical next step is for me to prove that everything is NOT fine the way it is, and therefore those who care about Stack Exchange should come up with something if they don't like my proposals. So I started a new thread the next day. Here is a screenshot since my post will probably be gone within a week, if I remember the procedures correctly. See, the diligent mob quickly exercised their power to the farthest extent to make sure someone pushing for change couldn't get anywhere. Ahh, I mean mod, the one with a diamond, and his happy followers.
I think this more or less helps prove the points I made in my previous blog post. But there is a silver lining. I am fortunate to have met an amazing person, Danilo. A wise man. A pragmatic philosopher. A true human being. Seriously Stack Exchange, checkout his reply to my post. If you can convince Danilo to work for you as Director of Community Moderation (or whatever title you choose to give him) then you will be LUCKY. Yes, I can see you guys want changes too, judging by Shog9's reply. But I don't think much is going to happen. Yes, you have put together a system that worked extremely well in the past, and is still working very well in many ways. But this is not surprising, because you have merely duplicated the fundamental structure that held human societies together for thousands of years: social hierarchy. Unfortunately, the successful system is also a highly inefficient one: the vast majority don't have vested interest in the society they live in, and therefore aren't motivated to improve it any more than to improve their individual conditions. It also has a deadly flaw: the elites don't want changes, and have the power to stop changes. That's why for thousands of years human societies never improved much. And that's why there aren't many hierarchical societies left: once a completely new and more efficient system emerged, it swept across the world in less than three hundred years. Now, I believe I have done my part. It's starting to feel like a full time job, and not a fun job. I can live with slow people getting confused, but I can't live with smart people confusing things (you can see those two people who were the most active in my threads). Stack Exchange, Good Luck! The ball is in your court now. You have to make a decision whether to change things while angering established users, or stay put and wait to be overtaken by other organizations, their programmers using Stack Overflow as a reference and, maybe, my ideas.
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