On Dec 4, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Darren DeRidder <[email protected]> wrote:
> "respect our wishes"? Really? After you call someone who speaks English as a
> second language an a-hole on your corporate blog and push one of the most
> valued contributors out of the node community?
>
It is mildly amusing that Americans (not you) think the rest of the world needs
to be administered a test on English as a foreign/second language, but the
above seems to be said in seriousness. While I am respectful of the signal
contributions made by said speaker, are you really saying that someone, who
could put together full, grammatically correct, well constructed paragraphs of
English here on the list and in that particular GitHub message, found a
gender-neutrality change to be trivial *because* he found the English involved
(the words “he” and “they”) foreign and ambiguous/confusing?
The word “asshole”, without doubt, ruined a blog post that was otherwise
carefully reasoned (in the most part).
—ravi
P.S: I used the word “gender” above, though I suspect the correct term may be
“sex” — I do not know and am open to being corrected on my ignorance (that’s
not an issue of English). Hopefully that doesn’t make me an asshole.
> Discussion on HN is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6845286
>
> On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 7:58:27 AM UTC-5, Alex Kocharin wrote:
>
> It's funny to see how a best way to get appreciation for a good work is to
> step out of it.
>
> I don't have a particular opinion about that piece of bikeshedding everyone
> were discussing, but yeah, it is a great loss to the community, and I would
> like to thank Ben for his work here for last couple of years.
>
>
> 04.12.2013, 14:18, "Dave Horton" <[email protected]>:
>> Sad is the word. I'm feeling strangely gutted by this, and as someone on
>> the outskirts of node I don't even know Ben. But I have always been struck
>> by his willingness to be helpful to one and all on mailing lists and the IRC
>> who were trying to learn, use, and develop libuv. Those exchanges that I
>> had with him and witnessed with others greatly impressed me of his
>> generosity, intelligence, and openness to ideas and/or challenges - those
>> are critical qualities in a community like ours. And as someone with
>> personal past experience with startup/founder/exit drama, I hate to see
>> someone put down what must have been a labor of love in this way. I would
>> hope there is a way back, if all that is needed is a breather and some time
>> away. Failing that, I would be interested to find a way to show my
>> gratitude to Ben in some sort of more meaningful way if others have any
>> ideas...
>>
>> It's probably a good day for us all to reflect internally on the meaning of
>> "community", and what we personally can do (not tell others to do) to make
>> this community -- our community -- continue to grow, and to attract and
>> retain good people -- whether they be standard-bearers like Ben, or minor
>> players like me.
>>
>> Thank you Ben. And best wishes on your next challenge!
>>
>>
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