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[Lionello Lunesu]

Lutger wrote:
> Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>> Hum, BTW, let me recommend this Google presentation that featured on 
>>> slashdot some time ago:
>>> "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People "
>>> http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-4216011961522818645
>>> Note that the talk is more than just about "poisonous people", but 
>>> community management in general.
>>> (And just to be 100% clear, I'm not calling poisonous to anyone, I 
>>> didn't even read that stdio/standard-libs threads, so I don't know 
>>> what went on there)
>>>
>>
>> What the h*** are "poisonous people"? Is it some kind of terrorist?
>>
>> L.
> 
> It's just a catchy frase about a very normal thing: people who drain 
> human resources (time and focus) from a project and not always on 
> purpose. It's a good video with well presented insights of group 
> dynamics, applicable to any kind of community.
> The only thing that is a pity is exactly this, it's not about dealing 
> with 'poisonous people' perse, as if they were some kind of different 
> breed, it's about (mostly technical) community / group management and 
> disruptions. There is something potentially 'poisonous' in all of us, 
> which is well worth remembering.

Yeah, I know, that's what I was getting at with my 'terrorist' comment. 
I forgot to use a smiley to note the tone of my post :)

Much like we're all very capable of turning into "terrorists" (I mean, 
you don't get born "a terrorist), we also all have our poisonous 
moments. The last year I just got very allergic to these "generic" labels.

L.