Two disruptive users on ubuntu-users

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 22:13:04 UTC 2010


Shannon McMackin wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
>>> Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
>>>> On Mon, January 4, 2010 04:14, Michael Haney wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>> I'm more concerned with the users who have this "you're a newbie and
>>>>> don't belong here so I'm going to go out of my way to make you feel
>>>>> unwelcome" attitude.  It makes our community look bad and
>>>>> perpetuations a myth that the Linux community is made up entirely with
>>>>> those kinds of people when it really isn't.   It takes just one bad
>>>>> egg to spoil an omelet.
>>>>>
>>>>> I won't name names but "you" know who you are.
>>>>>     
>>>> Agreed.
>>>> That is yet another argument for an "online reputation manager" for the
>>>> Ubuntu community. Such unwelcome attitudes hurt the "business" of Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   
>>> I agree. Let's all see this as a learning experience. Ubuntu is about 
>>> humanity. I am because you are. Or we exist because others exist. 
>>> Therefore the way the community deals with issues of an anti-social 
>>> nature reflects who we really are. Surely a way can be found to deal 
>>> with juveniles, or underdeveloped egos without resorting to an us vs 
>>> them, either/or mentality? I think the two poor souls need to say a 
>>> thousand Heil Ubuntu's and seriously speak to that penguin inside.  This 
>>> is really not the distro for combative politicking, nitpicking and 
>>> trolls. Maybe if they did some community service? What have they 
>>> actually contributed to the community?
>>>
>>> DRL
>>>
>>        Please, read the heading on this list. It says exactly:
>>   Ubuntu-users technical support, not for general discussions.
>>
>>          This is a general discussion so it should not be 
>> allowed on this list!
>>
>> 73 karl
>>
>>
> I'm sure your history of daily blogs on this list and your perpetuation 
> of this thread qualifies as technical support?
> 
> 
> 

        Please, read the heading on this list. It says exactly:
  Ubuntu-users technical support, not for general discussions.

         This is a general discussion so it should not be 
allowed on this list!


73 Karl


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