MrSinatra;268742 Wrote: > well, apparently YOU do. > > i for one, don't share your level of sensitivity. i might call it > hyper. is that rude of me? > > my basic premise, just to restate, is that different folks have > different standards, and i have all too often seen people, especially > newbies, tarred and feathered here for what i consider to be legit > criticsm based in facts or their legit experiences. > > to codify these extremely broad rules (to satisfy subjective > sensitivities) while seemingly on the surface appears reasonable; is > ultimately i believe going to lead to groupthink atta-boys and > insulates people from not only criticism, but new ideas, or even > fundamental seismic shifts in paradigm and approach. > > of course a balance is needed, but spam is in fact, narrowly defined, > as is profanity. the mods handle those two things with no complaint > from anyone i see. flaming is more broad, but again i see no > complaints about how mods handle that as well. > > the main problem as i see it, is one person says something critical, > such as "SS sucks" and a whole lot of people take personal umbrage to > it, as if the comment was intentioned FOR THEM when they have NO > legitimate reason to do so, as this is a place RUN BY THE COMPANY for > people to come and give their feedback ostensibly to the company, good > and bad. > > i understand that many people here see themselves as "part of it" and > no doubt they absolutely are. i realize they contribute code and all > that. but its still unrealistic and simply unwarranted for them to get > upset by someones expression of frustration with slim stuff. thats my > take and i'm sticking to it. > > i think i've now made all my points repeatedly, this is getting pretty > circular, and clearly, Sean and SD will do what they think best as is > their right, (although i look at "the majority rationale" skeptically > as that could be mob rule) so i'm gonna try to bow out.
MrSinatra, Hear hear! As a couple of guns are pointed at me as of late, I'll duck and chew some jerky for a spell. . -- haunyack Transporter -> B&K 200.2 -> Vandersteen 3A Signature C.G. Conn New York Wonder - circa 1898. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43308 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
