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Re: ugh...
by Aaron Seigo on Friday 14/Mar/2008, @18:32
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> but no aaron
dude, chill.
the obvious answer is:
* don't be an ass to others. (the first two comments are absolutely in the "ass to others" category and it has nothing to do with their not liking the brochure)
* input could become the next revision of the document, not a fork as you suggest
* you don't need to provide 50 ways, just a couple of thoughtful ideas would be awesome
"rubbish publication" .. wow. that's... harsh. would you actually say that to their face? or is this more internet-enabled-rashness?
but let's get to the quick of it:
"do you see why people could have strong opinions"
it has *nothing* to do with strong opinions and *everything* to do with being a complete asshat in the process of communicating those strong opinions.
example: one of your volunteers putting together computers connects the IDE cables inside a box wrong. you turn it on to test and it completely fails. do you:
a) scream at them as loudly as possible and tell them they are a complete f'ing moron
b) look at them with disgust in your face and walk away with a "humph" and a sigh
c) open the box, see the cable and say, "you put the cable on wrong, you need to do it this way..."
i'll bet that unless you're a real turd of a human, you'd do (c).
and yet people jump online, our primary means of communicating for most of the day within the various f/oss projects, and choose (a) or (b).
amazing.
you can express strong disagreement in a very progressive fashion. you don't have to agree, but you also don't have to be an ass about it. the former can help improve things, the latter only tears communities apart.
just how long would your little shop of volunteers continue if you repeatedly chose options (a) or (b) in real life? |
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