On 10/07/10 18:18, Gary Starkweather wrote:
Au contraire, Jon...
This exchange (including the heated or extreme bits) is testimony to the
vitality of the OpenSimulator community.
It is the nature of open communities of all sorts that discussions are
woolly and outlier opinions approach extremes.
As several have said, read the whole thread and seek out the reasonable
posts far a better sense of common thinking - and mebbe even consensus
on some things ;-}
I very much agree. This kind of discussion isn't unusual for an open-source mailing list where many different
personalities with differing views can comment. As long as we strive to be sympathetic to each other's point of view
rather than reflexively flaming away too much then we should be fine.
The extreme opinions can sometimes seem to dominate but a more careful reading can sometimes reveal that these are in
the minority (such as with the 2008 April fool's threads).
On 09/07/2010 8:56 AM, Jon Brouchoud wrote:
I completely agree with Enslar... this has been a terribly aggressive
response to an inquiry posted with the best of intentions.
If anyone is reading this thread, who had been thinking about getting
involved, or how they might contribute to OpenSim in some way, I
wouldn't blame them for thinking twice.
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Melanie <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Not everyone will tell you to fork off. Who is approachable should
be clear after reading the thread.
Melanie
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>> I think you're a bit confused as to what Open Simulator is (and
what it
>> isn't).
>
>> Seems pretty foolish. Stupid people do stupid things.
>
>> If you're going to beat your drum, and try to conjur up money, then
>> at least screw your head on straight and try to get a grasp on what
>> it is that you're trying to accomplish.
>
> Holy cow, is this what people get for asking how they can help with
> OpenSim? Drew came along, asking how non-coders can help, and
> presented fundraising as one possibility, and gets suspicion,
> hostility and downright insults.
>
>> We have no clue what direction you are trying to head....
>
> Just recently someone was asking for an OpenSim roadmap, and the
> consensus was "We don't really have one." Now we get people
screaming
> "DON'T TREAD ON OUR ROADMAP!"
>
> The issues raised are certainly valid, and it's perfectly fine
to say,
> "It's not as straightforward as you may think," but this type of
> response is completely uncalled for.
>
> I've been planning to invest a substantial amount of my own money in
> OpenSim, and would have been asking here how best to do it;
apparently
> the best advice in this thread is "fork off".
>
>> Those people that actually paid money for a Facebook Clone are
>> probably some of the dumbest people I've ever seen.
>
> P.S. Diaspora isn't a "Facebook clone". It's an entirely different
> approach to social networking, and quite a good idea, I think.
>
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