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programming and human factors
by Jeff Atwood
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If you've participated in usenet, mailing lists, or web forum discussions for any length of time, you're probably familiar with Godwin's law:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.
The Flame Warrior website offers deeper insight by deconstructing the various archetypes you'll encounter in any long running discussion group, along with some great caricature art:
I've been accused of being a Tireless Rebutter and Ferrous Cranus at times, but that's all part of my boyish charm.
And all of these archetypes are so ... unpleasant. :-)
mike on November 6, 2005 8:56 AMWell, so are most people. What's your point? :-)
Jeff Atwood on November 7, 2005 12:01 PMJason Scott has his own take on forum archetypes here:
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000313.html
Jeff Atwood on February 12, 2007 10:24 AMDefinitely an archivist here. Not so much that I store discussions locally, but I can usually dig them up. ;)
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