Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 01:46:46 07/22/00
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On July 22, 2000 at 04:09:34, Andrew Williams wrote: >On July 22, 2000 at 01:59:33, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On July 21, 2000 at 18:28:40, Andrew Williams wrote: >> >>[snip] >>>I happen to agree that the original "who is the best programmer?" post >>>was likely to cause problems, but at least one other moderator posted a message >>>where he said it was an interesting topic. >>[snip] >> >>Sorry to exacerbate such problems! ;-) >> >>Dave > >Yeah. You should be ashamed of yourelf! :-) > >Seriously, the point I was trying to make was that although the original >post didn't appeal to me, you (to take another member at random) did like >it. So in a poll of two randomly selected members we have a 50-50 split. >It's hard to make a case for deleting the post in those circumstances. >(Until hindsight kicks in, of course). > > >Andrew There was nothing wrong with the original post. The fact that sub-threads degenerated into negativity is not the fault of the original post, which was on-topic and straightforward, a list of the poster's 5 "best" programmers. If you are an automobile manufacturer, you know that some people are going to become reckless/drunk drivers, but you still must manufacture the automobiles. The original post was valid; some of the sub-threads were nasty. Regards, Mark
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