I've never posted to /r/smalltalk. There's no point in preaching to the choir.
I posted to /r/programming and everybody there tried to lynch me. Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list wrote > FWIW I am one of the mods of /r/smalltalk - happy to have material > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 5, 2020, at 13:12, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: >> >> 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 >> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
