Audacity's team is censoring legitimate questions

Post by antisol » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:38 PM UTC

dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #31

antisol wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my book you lose the right to not be called a scumbag when you start acting like a scumbag. Blocking me without comment for asking a legitimate question which is not in violation of the code of conduct is the act of a scumbag. If you'd like to debate me on this point, please begin.

If I thought that telemetry was no big deal, and my response to you was "stop being such a cry baby and get a life", you'd probably and quite rightly take offence. In order to have a civil discussion about issues which can be emotive, one has to keep their feelings "in check" and put themselves in the other side's shoes. Even if you disagree, you don't need to resort to name calling.

Post by Ygg2 » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

maverwa wrote: post #32

Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #11

I'll be honest, if someone described me as "scumbags who have tried to turn into spyware" on the issue tracker for a project I maintain, I'd probably block them too. That kind of language really doesn't achieve anything, and any issue-tracker is better off without it.

Exactly. Disagreement, even a stronge disagreement with peoples opinions or actions does not require or even permit personal attacks. I do like changes done to audcity, but I dislike calling people "scumbags" or stuff like that.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:42 PM UTC

antisol wrote: post #14

kadams54 wrote: post #9

No doubt I’ll be voted down, but… if you’re going to ask for mature, open discussions, perhaps you ought to also avoid labeling those on the other side of the discussion as “scumbags”. I’m not a fan of Audacity’s current tracking kerfluffle, but this response swings the pendulum too far in the other direction.

In my book you lose the right to not be called a scumbag when you start acting like a scumbag. Blocking me without comment for asking a legitimate question which is not in violation of the code of conduct is the act of a scumbag. If you'd like to debate me on this point, please begin.

Post by antisol » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:47 PM UTC

happytoexplain wrote: post #37

antisol wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my book you lose the right to not be called a scumbag when you start acting like a scumbag. Blocking me without comment for asking a legitimate question which is not in violation of the code of conduct is the act of a scumbag. If you'd like to debate me on this point, please begin.

>If you'd like to debate me on this point, please begin. This is a common quip when somebody emotional about a topic wants to boil it down to formal argument (despite their own use of emotional rhetoric) - it's a declaration of the intention to use the guise of debate as an excuse to reject any part of the conversation that isn't 100% objective. It comes off as superior and hostile, and signals that you aren't open t…

Post by dkdbejwi383 » Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 1:57 PM UTC