From: "Brandon J. Van Every" Date: 2003-08-21T01:49:40+09:00 Subject: Re: At least one nasty person in your community James F. Hranicky wrote: > > Does one rude person a community make? No, one crank does not a community make. My concern is, how many more of them do you have? > What should the community do about this, really? IMO, certain people should accept blame for being hostile to me in the first place. All I ever did was open a contentious subject that some people were tired of. I never said an ill word before ill words were spoken to me. And my responses weren't exactly over the top either. They were bristling, but fair. IMO, the other thing you should do as a community, is start recognizing that you're on a newsgroup, not a mailing list. I've seen collisions of mailing list and newsgroup cultures happen before. Newsgroups always win. Those are my recommendations, since you asked for courses of action. Of course, coming from me, they won't be heeded. But the ideas will float around, and the next time hostilities arise with someone else, these patterns may be remembered. Maybe then, someone will say, hm. > Unless we're going to > try to police everyone who signs up for the list or posts to the > newsgroup, there's not much we can do. I did suggest that moderated newsgroups are excellent ideas. > I've been on this list for 2 years, and it's probably the most > flame-free/ attitude-free list I've seen. Well, I almost thought so. Until I got that crank, and then a followup saying, "Well you deserve it!" No, I don't. Not that kind of abuse, I've done nothing to warrant it. > I think if you start posting questions about using the language > you'll get a better feel for the community than you have so far. I've got a feel. It's pretty good. It can do a little better. -- Cheers, www.3DProgrammer.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA 20% of the world is real. 80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads.