15.05.2024 11:17:46 vic.thac...@fastmail.fm:
> Not everyone here is uncomfortable, but like you, I'm disappointed in how 
> interactions have turned out, so we have that in common. I respond to 
> empirical evidence, so I mentioned the concern about submitting feature and 
> bug requests because it seemed that it would benefit Lucio and others. There 
> is nothing wrong with helping others and setting expectations. I don't 
> understand why that would be a problem. Clarity is better than 
> misunderstanding.

In this specific case, I think it was a misunderstanding on your side. Lucio 
mentioned a problem and asked for solutions. You understood it as a bug report 
that was not obviously flagged as a bug report. Lucio clearly stated in the 
last mail that he didn't ask for anything. He was merely asking about some 
problem he had. In my opinion that's a big difference.

Read also this: https://fqa.9front.org/fqa2.html#2.4

> It is possible you simply don’t know what you’re doing. If you do not 
> understand how something is done in 9front or how it works, and can’t figure 
> out how to resolve the problem using the manual pages, [...]
> Regarding my writing style, it is shaped by years of government service and 
> an M.A. degree. I understand that my style may be unusual. Before posting, I 
> make an effort to revise my responses for clarity, which can result in longer 
> messages. We can blame grammarly.com for some word choices as well.

I understand that. That's also one of the reasons why my mails are usually so 
long. Keep in mind though that people here are reading mails because they want 
to, and they all try to understand them.

I'm reminded of a friend who's working for the German government. He was 
sending out a mail with a spreadsheet to some colleague with the wish to fill 
it out. That colleague asked back multiple times: first, if that mail was sent 
to her on purpose and if she's the correct recipient. Second, if she is 
supposed to fill out that spreadsheet. Third, if she should fill out that one 
specific column that is described as "please fill out this column". Those 
people aren't here on this mailing list, but I would totally understand 
extremely verbose (-vvvvv) mails like yours if you managed people like that for 
many years!

I'm glad I don't have a job like that...

sirjofri

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