Advocacy doesn’t work if you tell someone they’re wrong
by Volker Weber
Generally it isn’t a good idea to offend someone you’re trying to convince. This is sounding almost too obvious, but offending someone we are trying to get to free software is a tactic we often use unconsciously. Instead of getting your point across it will likely lead the other to strengthen or adopt a contrary believe. There’s much we can learn from social psychology in advocating free software.
This is true for all advocacy.
Comments
You can see an example here. ;-)
Olav Brinkmann, 2010-11-04
Quatsch. Bissu blöd, odda? :-)
Volker Weber, 2010-11-04
The FSF has noticed this really early ...
I am actually surprised that they noticed it at all.
Thomas Muders, 2010-11-04
