I think the issue of TC posts flowing into Radar itself is not a bad thing. Actually this has been a long requested integration (see below), which in my opinion would work better if posts were cherry picked before being passed into Radar. Instead of just a direct feed. In all I think it’s a great idea…just needs to be tweaked to be better.
For toxic environment, my personal views are that Radar can only be said to a micro view of the society/tech ecosystem. Of course you have to take the good and the bad with it.
So for a techie, when you take our cultural factors, mix it with a dash of genius and drops of mediocrity = god complex. And this cuts both ways. That’s why some people will stay away from Radar, because they’re not worshipped the way they think they deserve. Similarly, that’s why some will deliver scathing feedback, because mere mortals can be addressed anyhow. So it’s not toxic, it’s just the way our egos have set us up, to be.
But crucially, if one is asking for feedback, the key thing is to remember that ‘in the world of feedback, friendly feedback and honest feedback aren’t even in the same universe. Seek to be one who gives it straight’. That’s actually a great thing about Radar…you get loads of honest feedback (of course laced with our ego issues).