Simpler solution: Don't feed the trolls. We know who they are. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Jay Fields <j...@jayfields.com> wrote: > I was involved with Ruby and Rails in the early days. The Ruby mailing lists > / conferences were always kind / helpful and the Rails lists / confs were > always hit and miss. There were plenty of great Rails people, and enough > jerks to upset anyone. > > I read this (Clojure) google group pretty frequently awhile ago, but took > several months off. I returned a week ago and after the first day I emailed > Stu H. And said: Is <name withheld> one of the leaders of the community now? > He seems really abrasive. > > Having been through this before I'd recommend a few things. > > - individually, > -- reword responses from: "why would you do that" to "I prefer my solution > because...". "that's not functional and it's ugly!" to "I believe my solution > is more in-line with FP style" etc. The trick is to focus on what you are > looking for (and the positives of the idea) instead of attacking someone > else's solution. > -- in niche communities, once you're labeled as a jerk, you're in trouble. > People won't work with you. People won't answer your questions. And, people > (often unfairly) assume you are wrong, simply because they don't like you. > You can deal with this in a large (mostly anonymous) community. In a small > community it's career limiting. > > - community > -- it might be worth coming up with a few basic rules and removing people who > can't follow them. Obviously, this isn't an easy task, but it might be worth > the effort. > > Also, what happened to Rich? It seems like many wasteful discussions could be > more easily put to bed by his response instead of the current "here's a video > of Rich from a year ago" or "here's a link to something Rich wrote in the > past" > > Or, maybe I'm oversensitive and things are fine. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
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