On Wednesday 30 March 2005 09:32, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig White" <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Frank Stratton - VE3YY" <fstratton@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: TOP POSTING > > > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:56 -0500, Frank Stratton - VE3YY wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I've decided to withdraw from this list, but before I do I want to have > >> my 2 > >> cents worth. I received a nasty message from a David CURRY (see below). > >> This message was inappropriate and uncalled for. I am new to this list > >> and > >> if he had taken to time to explain what was required I would have > >> changed from digest format to individual messages. > > > > ---- > > We all were new once - some of us forget what it was like. > > > > suggest that you take a different approach to this - there are lot of > > people on this list and some of them get carried away > > > > Learn to ignore / delete the messages from people that have rubbed you > > the wrong way - they need not be significant > > I respectfully disagree. Every time someone is rude and we just ignore it, > we are really condoning it. There is waaaay too much hostility out there, > we should not tolerate it in our community. I believe this should be a > safe, enjoyable place to come and participate in a friendly community and > learn about a really cool technology. I see this sort of silly flame job > entirely too often on this list. People hide behind the anonymity of the > keyboard and treat people on the list in a way that (I hope) they would > never dream of in person. > > In my opinion, we should not tolerate this kind of bad behavior. If a new > list member makes mistakes, I totally understand and agree with gently > reminding them of the list preferences. But this newbie bashing is totally > counter-productive. It alienates new users and enforces the impression > that the Linux community is an elitist mob. > > Thomas Thomas, well said. We were all newbies once - even the pompus types that refuse to admit it. I still make mistakes - one thing I don't need is someone flaming me when I'm trying to just get a little help with Fedora. /Kevin
