On 4/1/07, Anna Buttfield <<a href="mailto:anna.buttfield@gmail.com">anna.buttfield@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Sometimes it just feels like the geekier corners of the internet are treehouses filled with little boys and a "no girls" sign on the door. You could maybe force your way in by pretending to be a boy, or getting their mothers involved, but it doesn't really seem worth getting inside. Maybe all we can do it leave them to their little treehouses, and keep building our own clubhouses with our own rules. The state of play in the geek/tech world is really depressing sometimes, though. </blockquote></div> I think what is happening is clearly similar to spam and adware found in the trusted sites in the Internet, like when visiting a site that you trust then suddenly, it require you to install an adware. This kind of situation is not pretty, and should not be tolerated. I think this problem needs to be solved for the benefit of the community. As with any bug reports, the success of it being squashed is determined based on the choices the community make. Some people react and some people respond.. Sometimes they play hand in hand, but sometimes, optimistic people who respond to the problem get it done. -- MAILING-LIST SEND: boom!! I'm immortalize!