> Also, remember that most people that are against CoCs are the ones that want to be able to call names on everyone.
There's a XKCD comic which points out how people who claim to "hate drama" tend to be the most dramatic people[1].
That's how I tend to perceive projects that put a lot of emphasis on their CoC. The more they emphasize it, the more I expect pettiness, vindictiveness, and bad faith.
It's not surprising that a large or corporate project would need an HR department, which is what the CoC is. Anyone who objects to that probably has never worked at a large company, or used a forum with no mods.
But the important thing isn't the rules, it's that there's someone to enforce them. Ideally, the rules exist to constrain them, not you.
There's a XKCD comic which points out how people who claim to "hate drama" tend to be the most dramatic people[1].
That's how I tend to perceive projects that put a lot of emphasis on their CoC. The more they emphasize it, the more I expect pettiness, vindictiveness, and bad faith.
[1]https://xkcd.com/1124/