On Oct 19, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Stuart Malin wrote:
What you perceived as "passive aggressive" is... I.S.'s style,
which, if you were a regular reader of the list, you'd be familiar
with; a style that (I suspect) ameliorates his frustration and
enables him to answer yet-once-again a query that should never have
been posted, and do so with useful guidance, all in the hopes (I
further suspect) that if others would read, the list would become a
place of ever-more streamlined activity.
Well said, but to be fair, he directly quoted Jens' comment (which
included his desire to invest in SEO for his class). I believe I'm
innocent there. :-D
(Note: None of the following is aimed at the OP.)
You are right that malformed (or even lazy) questions become
tiresome to those who try to contribute to the list every day.
Sometimes it's easy to laugh about it and come up with a witty way of
pointing out laziness (in research or in framing the question) but
other times impatience and annoyance get the better of many of us.
We're human. Want a less annoyed response? Mind your manners: do your
research and make an effort not to waste our time.
It's also important to consider - and I bring this up because
another poster said he felt it was condescending - the "how to ask
smart questions" link is 100% on the money. Sure, it's irreverent but
for some posters, I think the best thing for them is to be shamed into
reconsidering how they approach a technical mailing list for help. It
worked for me years ago - yes, shocker, I was new to using a list and
didn't understand how wrong my approach was until someone gave me a
stern talking-to, forcing me to consider it.
So, while my own response made light of the stock "please search
first" (ie, "intellectual laziness is considered rude among
professional developers"), my annoyance was minor and levity was my
main goal. I won't speak for Jens but when I saw his response, I
didn't think his SEO comment was aimed at the OP, just that he
lamented his own hard work wasn't found with a Google search with
relevant keywords. Shame on him! ;-)
And, finally: "Passive-aggressive" is something of which I've never
been accused. "Blunt ***hole" however ... well, guilty as charged. ;-)
--
I.S.
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