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- From: "John Stump" <jstump@vnet.ibm.com>
- Subject: complaints, flames, and public burnings
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.185409.20229@athena.mit.edu>
- Sender: root@athena.mit.edu (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Reply-To: jstump@vnet.ibm.com
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 18:54:09 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- | From: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
-
- |> From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- |> At the risk of sounding as if I'm complaining (rest deleted...)
-
- | Don't take the newest version then! (flame flame flame...)
-
- My my. Aren't we getting rather jumpy lately? I'm not trying to single
- these two out, but there has been a lot of "complaining" and flaming
- responses in return. comp.os.linux is turning into a regular shooting
- gallery.
-
- Do we all drink too much coffee? May I please suggest to those who are
- awful quick to post flames and counter-rebuttals that we are over-
- reacting.
-
- theory #1> Most of the folks who allegedly "bitch" are new to either
- unix, usenet, Linux, or social skills. These naive, innocent people
- do not deserve the pouncing on they sometimes receive.
-
- theory #2> Some alleged "bitching" are from people who are making
- casual observations or bringing out to light some ideas that might
- make things easier or more understandable. These people do not deserve
- soap box speeches on how they should do it themselves or take a hike.
-
- theory #3> Those posts which are true-blue complaints that have no
- excuse, should either be ignored, or flamed in private (e-mail).
- The poor sap could easily ignore the flaming responses in the
- newsgroup, but if you fill up his mailbox or however he gets his email,
- it's not so easy; therefore, it is more effective. Don't clutter the
- bandwidth with it.
-
- It is a shame that the psychology behind the net allows otherwise
- mild-mannered people to turn into raging fiends and bash and burn those
- who "irritate" them, all because they are hidden behind the fascade of
- the network.
-
- So, please, gentlepeople, I beg of you: think twice about flaming that
- poor soul who made you believe that you are so superior. We are all
- human. Just ignore him. He'll go away. Or send (email, not post) him/her
- a polite message in an honest effort to straighten him out. If you need
- to blow off some steam, then write an inflamatory note using four-letter
- words that would make a sailor blush, and then mail it to dev/null.
-
- Oh, and don't flame me because I fall into both theories 1 and 2.
-
- john
-