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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 16, 2019 at 12:32 PM
I have always found the collegiality of this forum a refreshing change from much of the rest of the web. I am saddened to see a number of commenters injecting the contentiousness of social media into our discussion and disparaging collegiality. And for the record I have never read a “vapid pro-developer” post on this site.
Steve Z
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Jun 16, 2019 at 12:42 PM
Agreed !
(Except for the Mac vs PC comments, which appears a bit too often to my taste… When I’m back from holidays, I’d like to start a thread on “how to” in Mac vs PC parallel worlds, to help the two solitudes understand each other)
Pierre Paul Landry
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 16, 2019 at 01:11 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>And for the record I have never
>read a “vapid pro-developer” post on this site.
For the record I, unfortunately, have, along with a certain amount of snide bullying at times, which is one of the reasons I don’t contribute much to this forum any more. But I do agree that this is generally a forum of well-behaved contributors and one of the better ones on the web in that respect.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 16, 2019 at 01:35 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I have always found the collegiality of this forum a refreshing change
>from much of the rest of the web. I am saddened to see a number of
>commenters injecting the contentiousness of social media into our
>discussion and disparaging collegiality.
Fully agree.
>And for the record I have never
>read a “vapid pro-developer” post on this site.
I had to look up “vapid” :-) Thanks for expanding my vocabulary, whoever came up with that adjective.
Well, yes, there are vapid posts on this forum. Some are annoying, some even offensive (interestingly, those who offend others tend to be offended when someone else points that out). And a lot are instructive, helpful, fun to read. I have no problem with someone sharing his or her enthusiasm with a (new) piece of software. I do not see that as pro-developer in contrast to pro-user.
Posted by tightbeam
Jun 16, 2019 at 02:05 PM
The forum should be inclusive of all viewpoints. One’s “sensitivity” to strongly worded posts - provided, of course, that those posts do not devolve into personal attacks, insults, or profanity, which none of us want to see - does not trump that goal. I see none of the venom and vulgarity on this forum that plague many other forums. If you’re offended or outraged or “triggered” by the posts made by a specific commenter, then don’t read them. You don’t get to control how others express themselves, nor do you get to censor what they choose to post (with the caveat, again, of no attacks, insults, etc.).
One can be collegial without being vapid. One can be a thought leader without being a thought controller.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I have always found the collegiality of this forum a refreshing change
>from much of the rest of the web. I am saddened to see a number of
>commenters injecting the contentiousness of social media into our
>discussion and disparaging collegiality. And for the record I have never
>read a “vapid pro-developer” post on this site.
>
>Steve Z