The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 16:14 UTC (Thu) by graydon (guest, #5009)
In reply to: The dark side of open source conferences by alankila
Parent article: The dark side of open source conferences

You certainly can make heads or tails of it. You're just choosing not to, in order to avoid having to accommodate others in a way that they claim is important to them, and you claim is irrelevant to you.

There's a word for that: rude.

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 19:03 UTC (Thu) by alankila (guest, #47141) [Link] (3 responses)

Thanks for explaining a lot in your response. You do not call your response rude, then?

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 21:27 UTC (Thu) by graydon (guest, #5009) [Link] (2 responses)

I'm rude because you're derailing. Let's count the ways.

Trivializing the topic as not-so-bad, so ignorable: check.

Conspiracy theory about the ultimate aims of people requesting civility and respect: check.

The supposedly confusing nature of the topic means you can't even google the terms you're supposedly confused about, and need me to read the internet aloud to you: check.

My rude tone in response excuses yours so there's no problem: check.

No, not acceptable. Go read on your own and try again.

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 22:44 UTC (Thu) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link] (1 responses)

You should be ashamed of your behaviour.

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 23:37 UTC (Thu) by graydon (guest, #5009) [Link]

I'm ashamed that a place I associate so commonly produces threads like this.

What do you think I should be ashamed of?

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 2, 2010 19:33 UTC (Thu) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link] (1 responses)

Redefining commonly used words to mean something new and then attacking others for not understanding and using your new definition could also be considered rude.

The dark side of open source conferences

Posted Dec 8, 2010 9:05 UTC (Wed) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

I don't believe that happened.