Supposed rudeness [was: Re: unsubscribing]

[NoOp]

On 07/11/2008 11:29 AM, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 13:44 -0400, Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>> I'm not sure if anyone of you realize this or not (or even care) but you 
>> drove this person away. 
> 
> What are you talking about? He tried to unsubscribe by posting to the
> list, and Brie Gordon provided an answer in a pretty friendly or at
> least not offensive way. He even added a "Regards".
> 
>>  This is one of the BIGGEST complaints I hear 
>> from people about Linux is that the community isn't kind to newbies, and 
>> you're proving their statement right with how this guy was treated in 
>> this group.  
> 
> What do you mean? From what I can see in my personal list archive as
> well as on Google, Kauê Linden posted 7 times to the list:
> 
> Once about how to set up a Brazilian keyboard without dead keys on his
> MacBook Air and got a quick reply that solved his problem. Then followed
> 5 posts of chit chat about small laptops, especially the Air and its
> suitability for Ubuntu, in the same thread.
> 
> And then he unsubscribed.
> 
> So, how was he treated wrongly?
> 
>> He didn't get flamed but nobody really tried to actually 
>> help this guy in a way he'd understand. 
> 
> See above. Help was given within 17 minutes of his first post, accepted,
> and worked.
> 

And his follow-up replies from the thread "help with macbook air" (and
_only_ thread that he asked a question on this list - ever):

<quote>
It works nice..

I have follow that url: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macbook_Air
It is what I call as hot machine...
</quote>

<quote>
> >
> > So , tell me, except for the keyboard thingy ... is EVERYTHING else
> > working for you on the Macbook AIR ?


my keyboard is working nice right now... all topics on the page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macbook_Air is working perfectly. This
is the fist day i am working with this laptop and i have nothing to
complain...
</quote>

@Michael: What gives you the opinion that Kauê was "driven away"? Last
known, Kauê's Macbook Air was working and reponses were given that got
it that way (look up the thread). Perhaps you are aware of some other
issues that Kauê had? I didn't think so.
  Be aware, that many people do not wish to keep receiving multiple
emails from lists each day; particularly if their problem is solved. The
option then is to unsubscribe from the list, or use the gmane.org list
relay via nntp/usenet. Unsubscribing from a list does not automatically
mean that someone was _driven away_.