Two disruptive users on ubuntu-users

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 18:49:46 UTC 2010


David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) wrote:
> 
> Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
>> On Mon, January 4, 2010 04:14, Michael Haney wrote:
>>   
>>> I'm more concerned with the users who have this "you're a newbie and
>>> don't belong here so I'm going to go out of my way to make you feel
>>> unwelcome" attitude.  It makes our community look bad and
>>> perpetuations a myth that the Linux community is made up entirely with
>>> those kinds of people when it really isn't.   It takes just one bad
>>> egg to spoil an omelet.
>>>
>>> I won't name names but "you" know who you are.
>>>     
>> Agreed.
>> That is yet another argument for an "online reputation manager" for the
>> Ubuntu community. Such unwelcome attitudes hurt the "business" of Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>>   
> I agree. Let's all see this as a learning experience. Ubuntu is about 
> humanity. I am because you are. Or we exist because others exist. 
> Therefore the way the community deals with issues of an anti-social 
> nature reflects who we really are. Surely a way can be found to deal 
> with juveniles, or underdeveloped egos without resorting to an us vs 
> them, either/or mentality? I think the two poor souls need to say a 
> thousand Heil Ubuntu's and seriously speak to that penguin inside.  This 
> is really not the distro for combative politicking, nitpicking and 
> trolls. Maybe if they did some community service? What have they 
> actually contributed to the community?
> 
> DRL
> 

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         This is a general discussion so it should not be 
allowed on this list!

73 karl


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