Hi Aram, I am sorry this has caused you such distress.
As has been pointed out by others, your comment did not appear to be directed at the Iris author, but rather at dlsniper, the author of the blog post. He even replied to you apologizing for his English skills, and you did nothing to correct him, so I don't think one would be remiss to assume that he was the target of your comment. For this reason, I think it unlikely that your comment was reported by the Iris author. The actions of the Iris author are, in my opinion, pretty awful. But the only people that can take action against them are the people whose code he stole. But the Iris issue is a distraction here. The CoC working group was formed to help resolve conflict within official Go spaces, one of which is the golang subreddit. Your comment was reported by someone in the community, and so we contacted you about it. On "objective truth": As a thought experiment, is it productive to tell a newbie "You're a terrible programmer"? It may be true, but it is obviously mean and discouraging. To me, it seems disingenuous to insist that we have a right to say whatever we want wherever we like, so long as it is true. Civility requires a little more from us. The purpose of the message from the CoC group was to let you know that your comment was interpreted as hostile, and to suggest that you could have make the equivalent point without belittling anyone. I sincerely encourage you to take it in the spirit in which it was intended. In Sarah's message to you, she concluded: Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, The Go Code of Conduct Team I wish you had taken us up on that offer instead of starting this public thread. We are reasonable people that care deeply about all members of the community, including you. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
