Reminder

[zarhooie]

Hello, my fine getting_started members, subscribers and lurkers! I just want to remind you all that being upset at the way the system works is ok. There's Suggestions if you want to change it, and this comm or Support if you want workarounds or help.

At no point is it acceptable to be rude, cruel, abusive, mean, or excessively unpleasant to individuals who are attempting to help you. I am sure most of you learned this when you were 3, but I am sure that a gentle reminder of this would not go amiss.

As a mod, I feel a responsibility to make this comm a safe place for users to ask questions. If I see someone being combative in comments or an entry (or if a member contacts me), I will take action. It will usually be a politely-worded PM, but might take the form of a permanent ban from commenting or posting here. I am confident that this will be a rare and unusual occurrence.

Thanks for hanging out here and being awesome!

<3,
Kat
Mod

Comments

[baggyeyes]

I just don't get why the guy went straight for insulting from the get-go.

[moem]

This, exactly.
Why would anyone want to keep helping you if that's how they get treated? And how exactly is pointing someone to a perfectly fine solution for your non-problem 'too little, too late'?
If you're determined to dislike this site and the people who use it, then yes, you will... so why waste your time?

[yvi]

And then spend so much time insulting people and demanding help, but turning Fey down with " I've got research to catch up on, writing to do, warm weather that's leaving us ... all of which leaves me feeling that I'd rather spend less time online, not more."

[mab_browne]

I have a weird and paranoid theory. This person's remarks, and the parting shot on their journal, look like a hyped-up version of some of the more sadly 'zealous' anti-LJ remarks that appeared in the newsposts recently, especially the whole 'too little, too late' thing. So at best, an effort at satire, at worst, done for great lulz. Or both. Like I said, it's just a theory, but it pleases me. ::shrugs::

[baggyeyes]

I wouldn't go that far. My guess is, he wanted the feature to just BE THERE, as in click a box and its done. No work on his part. What he forgets - and a lot of people, apparently, is that the bulk of the layouts on Dreamwidth were created from the ground up - they weren't inherited over (with the exception of Negatives, Transmogrified and Zesty. Maybe a few things that people take for granted, like journal names in the title bar weren't added either through basic oversight or designer preference.

I just had no idea that would be such a dealbreaker. Man alive, I've never seen such a reaction over a title bar.

[matgb]

designer preference.

I just had no idea that would be such a dealbreaker. Man alive, I've never seen such a reaction over a title bar.

Designer preference, it seems, it's the default Core2 layout, but isn't the same in LJ, where you can change your TITLE to be different to username.

FWIW, fixing it for my layout was my first priority when I learnt S2/Core2, I hate the default and have overrides to make mine a lot more flexible. I'm also building a TR based style from the ground up that will do that, and a lot more.

I actually do understand the passion, for a public facing blog, page TITLE tags, especially making sure the entry title is in the TITLE, is very important.

I don't understand the arsehole approach, completely out of order. I also don't understand the idea that "we're in beta" means nothing. I know some sites are in perpetual beta, but we genuinely mean that we are. PErhaps we should make that a bit cleared during the current signup process?

[kerravonsen]

In other words, a troll.

[mab_browne]

Well, yes, a troll. But a troll with a template and specific purpose, as it were. And thinking about it, I'd better make it clear that just as the people being over-enthusiastic about DW were 'ordinary' users, I see no reason to think, if my speculations were correct, that the person concerned is anything other than an 'ordinary' user too. Having seen how sometimes misunderstandings blow up when things aren't made explicit. :-)

[suncat]

What astounds/puzzles me is the vitriol he left behind in his journal. His whole reaction seems so overblown. I'd think that a few questions would have provided the information that features he considered important (and I'm not going to deride what the next person considers important) weren't here (yet). Then it's a mental shrug and off to check out the next journaling site. He seems to have multiple ones out there, so it can't be a new process to him. Why waste the time and effort on the raging and flailing?

Oh well. Guess it's also difficult to see what some folks find to be fun.