Reddit is a strange bird. I have found more resistance to Smalltalk there than from any other source on the planet. Moreover, those people *really* don't appreciate me evangelizing anything. Consequently, I've avoided Reddit like the plague.
I don't know what kind of readership exists at Reddit, but they are openly hostile. So you'll forgive me if I don't lend much credence to what Redditors say. Pavel Krivanek-3 wrote > st 5. 2. 2020 v 20:48 odesílatel horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > napsal: > >> I learned a long time ago that you can't please everybody. I've heard the >> critics about my evangelism. I've also heard the praise. >> >> So what am I supposed to do? Listen to the critics and ignore the fans? >> >> If you're an evangelist, you have to develop a thick skin and follow your >> heart. Otherwise, get out of the kitchen... >> > > You are a victim of your own strong confirmation bias. I hardly can break > it but I just want to point out that in the mentioned discussion, there > was > no fan of you (and there were more people complaining than the two I > mentioned). > > Pavel Krivanek-3 wrote >> > st 5. 2. 2020 v 19:02 odesílatel horrido < >> >> > horrido.hobbies@ >> >> > > napsal: >> > >> >> > You want to take the Smalltalk heritage as a definition, that’s ok. >> We >> >> don’t, and that’s ok too. Is about what we want to do. >> >> >> >> Who's "we"? >> >> >> >> Last time I checked, nobody owns Pharo. Pharo is not a bunch of core >> >> developers; it's a community. And I believe there are many Pharoers >> who >> >> share my view. >> >> >> >> Since I'm a Smalltalk evangelist and not a Pharo evangelist, I guess I >> >> shouldn't ever mention Pharo in my blog. After all, if it's not >> >> Smalltalk, >> >> why should I promote it??? >> >> >> > >> > Pharo 8.0 release Reddit discussion included some feedback you >> > may appreciate: >> > >> > "Thanks. Does this Pharo release removes feature "Richard Kenneth Eng"? >> > That was the only feature in detriment to such an excellent environment >> as >> > Pharo." >> > >> > "I really like the idea of pharo's features and smalltalk is quite >> > interesting, but I can't help but be put off by the insanely stupid >> > marketing culture around it. Most articles about it exaggerate way too >> > much >> > and seem like they're written by people who were paid to write about >> it. >> > Or >> > maybe I'm reading Medium-cancer too much." >> > >> > >> > >> >> In fact, this is disastrous for my JRMPC competition since it's based >> >> entirely on Pharo. I'm promoting Smalltalk but pushing Pharo on all >> the >> >> participating teams??? What the f*ck am I doing?!! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> >> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
