[Noisebridge-discuss] Are people okay with people sleeping at the Noisebridge space?

Al Sweigart asweigart at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 23:57:24 UTC 2011


Right, I agree. Coming up with a rule about who's qualified to sleep
at Noisebridge and who isn't would be tricky. A rule that nobody
sleeps at Noisebridge would be better.

-Al

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Ryan Rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't want to get in to a big thing, but there is a difference
> between favoritism, which is favoring otherwise equal people, and
> community reputation and social capital.  The latter exists in
> noisebridge, informally.  When some people say things, they are
> listened to more seriously than others, it's just how communities
> work.  Formalizing it would probably be a bad idea, since then you end
> up with hierarchies, eg military, companies, etc.
>
> It's probably easier to just go with no sleeping and be done with it.
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, and the problem of "that person is trusted and you arent" is
>> that it isn't any different from run-of-the-mill favoritism, which
>> shouldn't be a Noisebridge value.
>>
>> -Al
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Ryan Rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would tend to agree with that.  Short of having a "that person is
>>> trusted and you arent" type of argument, it's better to have a line in
>>> the sand.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>>>> Ryan Rawson wrote, On 2011-10-11 15:53:
>>>>> I think there is a big difference between nap time for busy hackers and
>>>>> people using noisebridge as a infrastructure for living.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this is true, but the difference is lost when you're arguing with
>>>> someone who wants to use Noisebridge as their residence. Someone
>>>> "napping" in the space for a short while provides justification for them
>>>> to sleep over night and eventually move in.
>>>>
>>>> Al: Nice troll thread here by the way.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Rubin
>>>> rubin at starset.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>



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