Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 02:37:07 07/22/00
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On July 22, 2000 at 04:46:46, Mark Ryan wrote: >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 That's how I look at it too. Dave
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