On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 12:05:24AM -0700, Jeremy wrote:
> On 05/13/23 10:55AM, NRK wrote:
> > On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:10:31PM +0200, Yan Doroshenko wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I'd like to take a moment and thank everyone for an extremely polite,
> > > respectful and to the point discussion regarding the topic at hand. I was
> > > immensely pleased to have witnessed such a splendid display of a real
> > > community spirit as well as an immense level of professionalism. No doubt
> > > everyone involved is absolutely content with himself as well as his
> > > actions
> > > and would have no doubt conducted the same way were it a face to face
> > > discussion.
> >
> > It is true that this thread has been a massive cesspool. But
> > passive-aggressive replies like this does not help the situation - it
> > only contributes more to the cesspool.
> >
> > - NRK
> >
>
> Have a look at the comment which Mr. Doroshenko was replying to.
>
> Personally, I couldn't agree more with Yan. It may seem passive-agressive
> but I believe English is not Mr. Doroshenko's first language, so I
> wouldn't be surprised by the "over-the-top" language.
> (your English is very good, by the way, Mr. Doroshenko)
>
> Anselm & Hiltjo, suckless veterens(or at least the ones I see most often
> in the suckless threads), kept a cool head & have always refused to engage
> divisive rhetoric(name calling, all-caps, appeals to 1940s facism, etc).
>
Speaking for myself. I haven't always keep a cool head. We're not robots and
only a human bean after all.
> The name-calling does make me a little sad("troll", "loser", "Nazi"),
> along with the characterizations of people's contributions to this
> thread("troll post", "garbage").
>
> I'd like to think that there are feds(the "glow-in-the-dark" variety) or
> "competitors" sent to this mailing-list to try to trigger our insecurities
> & cause suckless to fragment, but that suckless is already inoculated &
> preoccupied with its own inner-self-criticism to be affected by outside
> forces.
>
> Moderation in this mailing list is highly disciplined & I'm unironically
> impressed. Thank you.
>
I don't remember the last time suckless ever banned someone on the mailinglist,
but it's not impossible.
> Jeremy
>
--
Kind regards,
Hiltjo
