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tom_geraghty

The Pac-Man rule is: “When standing as a group of people, always leave room for one person to join your group.”

The Pac-Man rule provides the actual physical space for someone to join a conversation, and it also sends a strong visual signal that *you are welcome here.*

psychsafety.co.uk/the-pac-man-

the pac man rule
21 June at 9:56 | Open on mastodon.online
13 comments
Mike Haber

@tom_geraghty ah! I needed the visual,as I was thinking about the ghosts and cherrys and clearing levels

21 June at 11:00 | Open on social.coop
GeePawHill

@tom_geraghty Too bad it has to be called a "rule".

21 June at 15:18 | Open on mastodon.social
tom_geraghty

@GeePawHill I agree, I think I prefer the “open circle principle” but it’s better known as the pac man rule.

21 June at 15:33 | Open on mastodon.online
GeePawHill

@tom_geraghty Every thing we call a rule is an opening for a corporation to declare a law.

21 June at 15:35 | Open on mastodon.social
tom_geraghty

@GeePawHill Resisting the temptation to define that as GeePaw’s Rule 😃

21 June at 15:38 | Open on mastodon.online
GeePawHill

@tom_geraghty Good on ya. "Rule" equal "control" equal "manner by which to not listen".

21 June at 15:39 | Open on mastodon.social
tom_geraghty

@GeePawHill I’ve always been uncomfortable with Conway’s Law for the same reason.

21 June at 15:56 | Open on mastodon.online
Don Gray

@GeePawHill @tom_geraghty my go to.

The only hard and fast rule is there are no other hard and fast rules.

21 June at 16:56 | Open on hachyderm.io
jeeger

@tom_geraghty This would make joining conversations so much easier for me.

22 June at 9:25 | Open on mastodon.social
James Kerr

@tom_geraghty this is awesome. Sucks to be that cry face person.

25 June at 16:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Riley S. Faelan
w4tsn ~> :idle:
Raven Luni

@tom_geraghty I've been the sad guy on the left most of my life :p

25 June at 18:08 | Open on furry.engineer
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