The Internet was fully functional and full of competent people when it was a much weirder place. Converting all spaces into the equivalent of dress shirts and blazers doesn't reduce anyone's competence but does make the experience so much more drab. Let people like things.
replyI don’t mind the internet being a weird place and enjoy the weirdness that exists in places like the NixOS community. I’m fully aware that the software I use has been built by extremely smart people who seem to like anime. It’s just that my line in the sand is that if you are trying to share a serious topic on the Discourse, the anime pfp seems to undercut the message.
replyWhy do you consider it so strongly to be inappropriate? It literally does not tell me anything about the user.
replyDOS was built in a basement. Pretty sure suit and tie wasn't the dejour whilst they were doing it.
Linux was a hobby project. Pretty sure that slacks featured more than a blazer.
I will tell on myself here but having an anime pfp evokes something childish for me and I do judge the user based on it. I expect to be judged similarly because I use the album art for a favorite album of mine as a pfp on the same platform and would consider it equally inappropriate if I were to share a heartfelt and serious message like this one.
replyThat sounds like you associate anime with childhood cartoons? But considering how much of that industry output is 16+ or 18+ (usually violence and themes), I'd say that is more of a cultural confabulation.
replyI would absolutely not expect a business profile image, regardless of the message. Nor do I get why you think it is so essential.
Half the red team industry are furries. Would you criticise them for not using a mugshot? Because a lot of them don't, whilst posting CVEs that affect half the world.
Sorry for the snark, but would it kill you to change your definition of appropriate?
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