I love this :) Rick
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Isaac Schlueter <i...@izs.me> wrote: > Wow. This thread got pretty ridiculous, didn't it? I'm really > disappointed. > > People who put on conferences take on an absurd amount of > responsibility and put in an inhuman amount of work, and often end up > losing a considerable amount of money in the process. If they do make > a profit, it tends to get invested in the next years' conference. No > one's getting rich running conferences in the Node community. They > deserve your respect, even if you disagree with their decisions or > priorities. We are lucky. > > NodeConf was not free, it's true. It was paid for in part by the > attendees, and to a large degree by the sponsors. Those who did pay > for it generally seemed quite pleased with their purchase. A lot of > lasting value was provided FOR FREE to everyone in the node community > who didn't attend. If you have a problem with NodeConf, email Mikeal > Rogers off-list to discuss it. Same goes for EmpireJS, LXJS, Node > Dublin, et al. Take your problems off-list. > > This list is not for expressing disapproval. Especially disapproval > of content that you are getting for free, provided by someone else at > personal expense. Same goes for conferences, open source libraries, > etc. > > So, here's a new rule for this list: You have to be nice. You are not > allowed to make rude comments about anyone or anything. Even if > someone specifically asks, "Hey, do you like express (or coffeescript > or promises or whatever)?" and if you happen to NOT like that thing, > you must couch your disapproval in the most respectful language > possible, acknowledging what might be its strong points, and you may > ONLY do so if explicitly asked. Or better yet, just don't say > anything. > > The next person to break this rule gets permanently banned without > warning. It will be swift, and not open for discussion. > > I am sorry to get all kindergarten about this, but really: If you > don't have something nice to say, say it somewhere else (or just > don't). > > If you wanna complain, do it productively, like a grownup, in private, > with the person who you actually have a problem with. If you want to > complain like a child, then that's what Hacker News is for. This list > is different. The Node community is different. > > I don't care about losing a few people who spew bad energy. I care > about losing all the newcomers who see a bad-energy-geiser, and decide > that Ruby or Python are more their speed. > > If you think I'm talking about you, you're probably right. Don't say > anything to defend or apologize. I don't care. Just stop spewing bad > vibes, and don't let it happen again. > > If you think I'm not talking about you, that's fine. Make sure you > never fall into this category. > > Thanks. > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Jorge Chamorro <jo...@jorgechamorro.com> > wrote: > > On 08/02/2013, at 23:08, Mikeal Rogers wrote: > > > >> http://www.futurealoof.com > > > > Awesome, thanks for sharing, love @izs' idea of "no" :-) > > > > -- > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. 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