On Tirsdag den 13. december 2011, Thomas Zander wrote: > On Tuesday 13 December 2011 05.59.14 Anders Lund wrote: > > On the other hand, being rude and patronizing towards a frustrated user > > trying to fix things does not help anyone either. Even if the suggestions > > are not well thought out, they are not posted here in a desire to be > > harmful, rather in a desire to use KDE software. > > I want to comment on this meme that I've seen floating around for quite > some time. The idea that since the user probably has clean motives, we > should overlook bad behavior. > > This is an idea that is very dangerous and should be killed. > > KDE is a meritocrazy; we allow people in our midst based on what they can > accomplish and how good they contribute to our projects. We judge people on > their accomplishments, in other words. > > The suggestion to overlook bad behavior is therefore completely the > opposite to our ideas of what makes KDE tick. A person that is insulting > to other peoples accomplishments, and has no accomplishments to show of > their own, is someone that thus breaks down our community. > Or more directly; Ingo ok-ed a message into our core list that killed the > motivation of quite a lot of people that I call friends and colleagues. I > don't like that, I wish they be treated better. > > Just because a person tries, maybe even shows a desire to be helpful, > doesn't mean (s)he gets to put down others. We are not a charity where > being needy is the way in. We are not a church where forgiveness is the > way in. > We are a meritocrazy where personal accomplishments are the highest > achievements. > > Have a nice day :)
I don't suggest to overlook bad behavior, I suggest to meet it with dignity. -- Anders
