Before beginning I'd just like to state that it is not my intent to offend
Coz, nor the friends and aquaintances of
cozboogie. Am I a little hurt? Yes. Will I be sportsmanlike about it. I believe I will. Have you ever had a friend do something that, in hindsight, was probably not that good?
Responses in (nearly) reverse order:
1)
Quote:
Originally Posted by cozboogie
Since that was your first post here at PPCGeeks maybe we'll give you a break. But it's bad form to call out this community when you have only recently joined and are making a first post.
That's just me...and I just switched to Sanka!
late,
Coz
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1) Good debating skills, redirecting my
intent and pitting me against "the community". You know I did not go against "the community". I am
one of the community, until I am censored or killed (figuratively, I assume). Notice the style of speech in my first post. It didn't state, "You FREELOADERS!!!" I used "we" many times. We freeloaders. (humor, but occasionally true) We. However,
if I went against anyone, it was the author of this thread (the which was
not my intent). One person. You (person #2) took that
personally and decided to speak on behalf of "the community", apparently
your "community" (I am no longer a part?) as one of it's
leaders. I am sorry that you did. I was not trying to slap "your" hand, this thread's originator, or anyone elses.
A new fish in the pond who has a voice, does not mean: Danger! He's A Threat!!! I am one of the members too, even if I am "new" and small. The phrase of a well known Broadway prod., "This only goes to show what little people can do", comes to mind, and I believe appropriately so. (and perhaps fortellingly, we all know what happened to Gavroche in
Les Mis) Am I a little hurt about being labeled and judged? Yes, a little. I'm sure I'll be ok, though.
2)
Quote:
Originally Posted by cozboogie
Since that was your first post here at PPCGeeks maybe we'll give you a break. But it's bad form to call out this community when you have only recently joined and are making a first post.
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2) In the above quote, your first sentence contains at least a couple of less-effective -- if not unethical -- principles. "We" implies that you had already spoken with other moderators/your "community" about my first post. I do not believe that you had, at least not before you posted. But I could be wrong. Secondly, your whole first sentence directly implies threatened censorship of perfectly legal, ethical and even moral ideas. You can go ahead and censor me, if you want to. I won't threaten to censor you. If you remove my post(s), I'll just have to keep my mouth shut or fingers closed, won't I?
3)
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Originally Posted by cozboogie
Secondly, we here at PPCGeeks do indeed routinely and regularly support and donate to devs. Take a look at the sMMS sticky and you'll see nearly a page of thanks. And I'm pretty confident that most of those members who thank also donated.
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3) You pulled an example wherein some who visit this forum, like myself (we "here at PPCGeeks"), had done well in thanking, and donating, regarding an unrelated piece of software. That's great, seriously. Good job. Now, back to the intent of
this post. If
this piece of work came in useful, I believe it right to
conspicuously, if not
continuously credit the original author of the software in
this thread, in a manner conducive to the sofware author's style,
ESPECIALLY when the author was not
first consulted. Did that happen in and for
this thread? Not so much (no). What happened? The originator of this thread (Sorry Malatesta, I'm not meaning to drag you through mud or anything. This response is for
cozboogie Sanka) cutely mentioned that
Quote:
Originally Posted by Malatesta
Got this shamelessly from XDA Forums (that place rocks btw) from Jimm98y |
which bears a small link, whereupon there is a deluge (flood) of graphics that quickly brings the inconspicous link out of view. And hey! Why do they even need the link, when here at the bottom of the originator's first post are most of the files needed for this happy experience?
This is not fair to the original author, especially a tiny link, at the very top or a long post, and 6 or 7 pages later. It is not fair to the orig author's style. The orig authors style was to conspicuously -- and argueably nicely -- state (to the effect of): "[If this is sofware was good for you, I'd appreciate a donation of ANY size]" Was
that regularly themed throughout
this thread? No. Not fair.
I invite all interested in this little debate to read the first post in this thread, skim through the replies, and click on that one little link, observing it's style, and judge for themselves if the orig software author was properly treated in this thread.
That is, I invite those interested, unless I get censored. I have a feeling that
that is very possible. I believe that if that happens, it would not be fair, as my first post was an argueably polite comment, and the responses to my comment labeled me as a threat to this community, and therefore threatened my ability to be seriously considered. But even deeper, the responder (yes, he's a "leader", and my post will probably be censored [i.e. removed]) stated: "Since that was your first post here at PPCGeeks maybe we'll give you a break. But..." directly implying that I had better keep my mouth closed.
4)
Quote:
Originally Posted by cozboogie
That's just me...and I just switched to Sanka!
late,
Coz
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4) Nice, cute, humorous, redirecting finish, especially after you made me appear to be the Enemy of the State.
5)
Quote:
Originally Posted by cozboogie
so I guess you missed this line from the first post of this thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Malatesta
Got this shamelessly from XDA Forums (that place rocks btw) from Jimm98y |
Which easily links to a page to donate to "Jimmy".
late,
Coz |
5) Yes, I caught that before I first posted.
Please forgive the following style:
late,
Rob
P.S. How are you going to use multiple subtle bully tactics on someone, just because he is new, has a voice, and a desire to make things more fair?