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Assume Good Faith

The AssumeGoodFaith pattern is from the Meatball wiki. For some reason, it's stuck with me, perhaps because the Meatball documentation of the pattern is excellent. It's also a fundamental principle of Wikipedia.

Whilst I don't always follow this pattern, and probably even hypocritically wield it at others more than at myself, the basic point is a good one: in even slightly ambiguous situations it's better to keep calm than to blow your top, sepecially online.

Type: Etiquette Pattern


Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com