On 13Nov2013 23:48, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>
wrote:
> As a community, it is difficult to balance the conflicting needs here. If
> we ignore Nikos completely, we appear unfriendly and indifferent to those
> asking for help. If we answer his questions, we encourage him to post. It
> is hard to find the right balance, if there even is a right balance, and
> people can have differing ideas of what that right balance is.
For myself, I try to:
- reply to interesting questions if I can help
- ignore the non-technical content (flames etc)
just trim it and ignore it
try to set a good example in the reply without berating the flamer
- on repeated flamage, try "please don't flame; try to stay technical; etc"
but always with some accompanying techincal response
- eventually give up and ignore threads or subthreads involving the
person hurting my brain
I think etiquette criticism that is a small aside in a technical
response, if not done frequently, should be useful; it is a bit of
push back without derailing the discussion. Etiquette criticism on
its own, if on-list, I think derails the discussion and leads more
readily to further bickering. And aggressive criticism is even more
damaging that criticism alone.
Trying not to feed the trolls,
--
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
A Newbie: I was not asking the question to start any flames. [...] Nobody
has to get to the low levels of argument and be rude to each other.
Paul Tsai <pa...@hurricane.seas.ucla.edu>:
Oh yes we do, grasshopper. It's a requisite for rec.moto. One must
transcend the infinity of illussions before getting the real techno whiz
answers to questions of such profundity as yours.
John Stafford <staff...@ultra1.winona.msus.edu>:
No, he's right. After reading r.m. for a couple of years, I feel capable
of being rude to ANYONE at ANY level of argument. In fact the higher they
come, the harder they fall.....
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