complain about petty dictator op on freenode

[Seb Lemery]

And that was my opinion. The user was rude, and should not expect support
with this attitude. Linux is not an OS for the user who does not want to
read docs.
On Jan 11, 2015 12:58 PM, "José Antonio Rey" <jose at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> If the user wants to raise a discussion over here because he felt he was
> attacked, we are here to provide opinions and advice. That's why the ML is
> around, right? :)
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> On Jan 11, 2015 12:32 PM, "Seb Lemery" <seblemery at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't know of if you are NTZ or not but. They way this user expected
>> support to be given was rude enough to be removed from the channel. Go for
>> a walk,  relax and be patient.  The tone used,  and especially when the
>> question was pasted again right before the mode was applied. I would have
>> muted you before that.
>> On Jan 11, 2015 12:30 PM, "Joseph Price" <pricechild at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd argue it stops being a personal issue when channel access is used to
>>> remove someone from the channel... I figure it's perfectly reasonable to
>>> complain/contest this decision? I'm sad if others don't agree.
>>>
>>> Oh and while I'm at it, I don't buy the whole "ops aren't paid"
>>> statements... it shouldn't be used as justification - if someone doesn't
>>> want to deal with something, they can decline to get involved.
>>>
>>> On 11 January 2015 at 17:04, Seb Lemery <seblemery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need to take your issues to him,  it looks like a personal issue.
>>>> Ops are not paid.  They don't "have"  to give out anything. NTZ looks like
>>>> he was expecting something like a kid expects dinner.  #ubuntu is not a
>>>> place to expect answers but guidance, you have to go and read the docs.
>>>> On Jan 11, 2015 11:16 AM, "indigo196" <indigo196 at rochester.rr.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 02:35 -0500, Seb Lemery wrote:
>>>>> > Not everyone is an official member. You need to be patient. Someone
>>>>> > else will help later.
>>>>> >
>>>>> I agree with the need to be patient.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also understand that a new user unfamiliar with IRC will not
>>>>> understand not getting help when there is a 'large number' of people in
>>>>> the room. I am not sure how to best communicate some of the nuances of
>>>>> IRC, but it is an area that could be improved.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the particular case we are discussing the user asking for help was
>>>>> not the most polite, but neither was at least one person who was
>>>>> refusing help. This was not a case of not getting an answer, but a case
>>>>> of rather rudely being told to go help themselves. It is a response
>>>>> that
>>>>> aligns with RTFM and not the Ubuntu Community's desire to be helpful to
>>>>> new users.
>>>>>
>>>>> After sleeping on the issue I am most concerned with the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>  - overall rude tone from the person responding to the request for
>>>>> help.
>>>>>  - repeated "that won't fix your problem" responses, but no effort to
>>>>> offer an actual solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think either person was in the right in that conversation. Did
>>>>> the operator talk privately with ntz?
>>>>>
>>>>> Charles
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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