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| dinotrac Apr 28, 2007 6:25 AM EDT |
Thanks for the reminder of Geek Social Fallacies embedded in your article. It's a very insighful essay that we would all do well to remember. Oddly, going back to read it in this post Novell-Microsoft world is a bit of a revalation. I wonder how much of the reaction to that deal comes under the category of GSF3-5? In the meantime, I am not going to kill you. Wouldn't want to, but wouldn't do it even if I wanted to. I don't mind calling you names, but I prefer to say them out loud to my monitor where I can express anger and disgust in the heat of the moment. After I think for a moment, I will remember that you are a pretty smart person who has ticked me off. I might still be snide and sharp, but I won't question your parentage, won't confuse you with a dog or your profession with the oldest. Some of that is respect for you and some of that is vanity. After all, I don't really want to look like a complete idiot. Not that it stops me...just not in that way! |
| tuxchick Apr 29, 2007 4:53 PM EDT |
Gee dino, I'm not sure how to react. But I'll take it as good. :) Seriously, a friend showed me the 'Geek Social Fallacies' and it all fell into place. It explains a lot. I'm still marveling at a person who can put up a site called "Meankids", immediately lose control, and wonder why it's full of nasty stuff. I didn't say in the article "if you have delete powers, sheesh use them" because it seems obvious. But I guess it isn't obvious to everyone. Sure saves a lot of arguments. Especially if you have a strong focus from the start. It's harder to change an established community that has fallen into bad habits. For example, a friend who runs a Mac forum says there is this one crazy drunk guy who goes on these periodic rampages and drives everyone nuts. But if she even hints she wants to ban him, a lot of people rise to his defense- GSF#1 in action. She said something else I wish I had thought of- that most online forums and lists have a specific purpose, and that reinforcing that purpose goes a long way towards keeping discussions on track and a reasonable level of civility without having to be the cop all the time. So then you have an solid, understandable basis for saying "we're here to talk about Macs, not deliver mental health services to troubled drunk guys." |
| jdixon Apr 30, 2007 3:09 AM EDT |
> But if she even hints she wants to ban him, a lot of people rise to his defense- GSF#1 in action. I can understand GSF #1 completely. Most geeks have been through the exclusion thing a number o f times in their lives. They didn't like it then and they don't want to do it to others. That said, if she's running the Mac forum, it's her decision to make. Why is she even bringing it up to the other users? Just ban him and be done with it. |
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