On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 22:19, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > Could be trolling; that user started a side-thread with a post "What > the f*** is Vim?" and I decided to answer "seriously and friendly", > giving him the benefit of the doubt. I'm still wondering whether or > not I've been unduly "feeding the animals". In some other mailing > lists he might have been the object of bad language and/or insults but > I decided to uphold the Vim lists' reputation of friendliness — on > hindsight, maybe in this case it was above and beyond the call of duty > but I still think I did "the right thing".
Tony, I admire the way you have dealt with the situation. Being cool-headed and polite is always a winning policy and a good thing, and has nothing to do with feeding a troll, if there is one. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CALdOZqmmN6QunmdnCkJbbOWj-P4ZH2touuxM1PYbgTNhYqGB9A%40mail.gmail.com.
