Re: [fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-06-02 Thread Tomas Hajny via fpc-other
On 2023-06-02 02:58, Steve Litt via fpc-other wrote: HSN via fpc-other said on Wed, 31 May 2023 21:50:20 + I will continue to maintain a high quality place to discuss fpc for those who need it. . . Everyone else: If you want a non stressful, non judgmental venue in which to get quick

Re: [fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-06-01 Thread Steve Litt via fpc-other
HSN via fpc-other said on Wed, 31 May 2023 21:50:20 + >I will continue to maintain a high quality place to discuss fpc for >those who need it. In the preceding sentence, the word "continue" is misleading. If you want to *start* to maintain a high quality place to discuss fpc for those who

Re: [fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-06-01 Thread Steve Litt via fpc-other
Tomas Hajny via fpc-other said on Wed, 31 May 2023 00:24:44 +0200 >On 2023-05-30 02:24, HSN via fpc-other wrote: >> Tomas I’m curious if you have ever been to irc at all? If so can you >> elaborate on your experiences there? > . > . > >No, I will not elaborate on my experiences, because it's

Re: [fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-05-30 Thread Tomas Hajny via fpc-other
On 2023-05-30 02:24, HSN via fpc-other wrote: Tomas I’m curious if you have ever been to irc at all? If so can you elaborate on your experiences there? . . No, I will not elaborate on my experiences, because it's completely unrelated to my arguments (similarly to the remainder of your

[fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-05-30 Thread HSN via fpc-other
Tomas I’m curious if you have ever been to irc at all? If so can you elaborate on your experiences there? Wikipedia is an interesting website and is good for reading about a lot of different things but it is definitely not an unbiased source of information. I have been active in Irc almost

Re: [fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-05-29 Thread Tomas Hajny via fpc-other
On 2023-05-29 04:55, HSN via fpc-other wrote: Hi, I’d like to say, just because a bunch of people follow a trend doesn’t mean that’s a good idea. History is full of stories about foolish people following trends and bad ideas which lead to their demise. . . I don't tell anybody to follow

[fpc-other] Re downward spiral

2023-05-29 Thread HSN via fpc-other
Hi, I’d like to say, just because a bunch of people follow a trend doesn’t mean that’s a good idea. History is full of stories about foolish people following trends and bad ideas which lead to their demise. Abandoning irc, {which is one of the few online platforms that allows you to

Re: [fpc-other] Re Downward spiral

2023-05-28 Thread Steve Litt via fpc-other
HSN via fpc-other said on Sat, 27 May 2023 12:05:42 + >I want to let you know >thatNickolay is both a Lazarus developer and the owner of #fpc on >Libera irc. Nicolay is well known in this community. Everyone who >appreciates the work that he does should help support his channel >whenever they

Re: [fpc-other] Re Downward spiral

2023-05-28 Thread Steve Litt via fpc-other
Tomas Hajny via fpc-other said on Sun, 28 May 2023 17:12:23 +0200 >Both >forums and mailing lists provide higher chances to get response from >one of the FPC core team members in case of complex issues where >support of other FPC users and developers may not be sufficient. True. However, in a

Re: [fpc-other] Re Downward spiral

2023-05-28 Thread Tomas Hajny via fpc-other
On 2023-05-27 14:05, HSN via fpc-other wrote: Joanna, . . One of the ways that they can do this is by helping other users in real-time chat. I suspect that many people who use fpc/Lazarus are either unaware of irc real-time chat, have been chased away by people sabotaging it or have been

[fpc-other] Re Downward spiral

2023-05-28 Thread HSN via fpc-other
How many people actually use fpc/Lazarus ? I was told there were thousands and thousands of downloads. Does this mean that there are this many people using it? Or is it being downloaded for for other reasons? If it is the former, there should be no shortage of people around to participate in