Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 05:15:18 11/23/03
Hi,
when you compare the CCC of today to that of the "old days" (look at the
archives for example), you will find that it has become less technical and more
of a forum for customers, users and idle chatter.
I believe that this is perfectly fine.
However there now have been a number of postings by the idle chatter fraction
which I find frankly outragous.
* There was a posting critisizing that the WCCC is weak. This particular poster
had not bothered to read the participant list, before starting an insulting new
threat.
* There were then multiple messages by one and the same poster, with no other
content than the attempt to put the author of a certain program down.
* Then there was the single line post calling perfectly fine and helpfull
table-top computer reviews "spam".
It is especially disconcerting that the originators of above posts do not seem
to deem it necessary to apologize, once they have discovered their mistake.
I can imagine what they are thinking. Three lines of messages which could have
been avoided. Well what is the deal, I did not force anyone to read them, right
?
But even if that was true, this argument is missing the one essential point:
each low-quality message ("hahahaha(nt)") moves down the messages of others. It
moves down messages of people who might have spend considerable time thinking
about something, and therefore do not get the attention they deserve. Let me
give you just one example: http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?329233
A well known chess player once said " you should sit on your hands ". Meaning
that before each move, you should first check for obvious blunders. This is good
advice which will improve your chess game considerably.
It would also improve this forum for all of us.
Georg
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