I hardly think that we all need to have that warm fuzzy feeling all the time
towards one another or that our ego's need to be shielded from having our
ideas challenged but clearly minimum standards of behavior between group
members should be agreed upon and observed for the health of the project.
There is, however, a very clear line between being an opinionated person and
someone who voices their opinions in a way that is offensive or attackes
other people thus discouraging participation in the project.
-Jamey
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Soutter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Forming an opinion
"Scott Stirling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As Kurt Schrader smartly said:
>
> > "The last thing
> > we need is the idea police here to make sure that no one is offended by
> > someone's postings not being up to their standards of niceness. It
seems to
> > me that if you can't handle having your ideas being called shit then you
> > should keep them to yourself and not participate here."
>
> <sarcasm>
> Sounds great, maybe that should go right on the main "getinvolved.html"
> page.
> </sarcasm>
JDD said essentially the same thing, it's weird, on one hand I hate to see
people getting upset but on the other hand I can't see how we can provide a
kind of "virtual padded room" where we can prevent people getting offended
without seeming very autocratic.
Any ideas how we can effectively deal with opinionated people without
muzzling them?
geoff
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