The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience [LWN.net]

The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

Posted Mar 15, 2011 19:17 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (guest, #56877)
In reply to: The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience by jubal
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

*plonk*
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The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

Posted Mar 15, 2011 23:33 UTC (Tue) by fb (guest, #53265) [Link] (2 responses)

Why make a public announcement that you are going to block someone's posts?

The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

Posted Mar 18, 2011 22:04 UTC (Fri) by eli (guest, #11265) [Link] (1 responses)

To provide feedback that such an action was taken, and provide a hint that a change in behaviour should perhaps be considered.

The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

Posted Mar 19, 2011 19:46 UTC (Sat) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link]

a very public plonk usually involves a good deal of the «as a [human?] being living on high moral ground I really have to show off my moral superiority» attitude and it's not exactly the best tool for providing feedback it a) announces closing the communication channels completely and, obviously, b) it provides quite strong hint, that the the plonker doesn't care about further behaviour of plonkee