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People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by Topgamer7 »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #8
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #3

To be honest, it was the author who I felt like, while perhaps not an asshole, showed a pretty intense level of oblivious immaturity. I get it, the other guy was a jerk, especially to someone who was maintaining an add-on for free. But at the point where the author responded with the "Sorry, I don't agree with that," he should have left it at that and moved on. Who cares what some rando on the internet thinks about y…

Totally my thoughts. Plus I thought the email asking him to take down the reviews was fair and respectfully written. And leaving reviews for businesses you’ve not been a customer of is in bad faith.

I think the review demonstrates the management of the company. People don't agree with Zuckerbergs decisions, they can choose not to use his product.

You don't like the decisions/actions of management of a company, you choose not to use the company.

You act like a dick bag, and get a bad review. It shows you don't know how to conduct your self maturely. Not someone I would want to go into business with.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by DarkWiiPlayer »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #8
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #3

To be honest, it was the author who I felt like, while perhaps not an asshole, showed a pretty intense level of oblivious immaturity. I get it, the other guy was a jerk, especially to someone who was maintaining an add-on for free. But at the point where the author responded with the "Sorry, I don't agree with that," he should have left it at that and moved on. Who cares what some rando on the internet thinks about y…

Totally my thoughts. Plus I thought the email asking him to take down the reviews was fair and respectfully written. And leaving reviews for businesses you’ve not been a customer of is in bad faith.

To be fair, he made clear in the review that it was about something personal, and everything he said might be of interest to potential customers depending on the type of busyness. And while that particular email was somewhat more respectful than the others, they didn't even spell the guys name right, and they should have apologized nonetheless. Childish? Yes. Undeserved? Certainly not.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by Topgamer7 »

vinceguidry wrote: post #14

The Internet over the years has taught me the fine art of non-engagement. Just... stop. The instant it starts going down a bad road, stop. Don't send another message, or send a blithely positive one just to blunt the energy and move on. Seems so simple, but I think the need for closure is what keeps many from being able to do this. But it's dangerous. The Internet is dangerous. All it takes is for one person, it does…

I agree. Don't poke the internet bear. You might not fully understand the level of crazy on the other end of the router.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by DarkWiiPlayer »

aequitas wrote: post #18
quickthrower2 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally my thoughts. Plus I thought the email asking him to take down the reviews was fair and respectfully written. And leaving reviews for businesses you’ve not been a customer of is in bad faith.

For me the author can be considered a supplier instead of a customer. Maybe they don't have a legal contract stating the business relationship. But the business owner is using both the software and support of the author. That it is free shouldn't make a difference here.

Not really; the user was clearly using the addon privately, not for his busyness, so he wasn't really supplying the busyness itself.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by DarkWiiPlayer »

jik wrote: post #15

Wow, out of all the things I've written on my blog, _this_ makes it onto the front page of HN. How droll. BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't the one who posted the link here. I don't think it's particular relevant to what HN is for, but shrug apparently somebody did. This is all I'm going to have to say about the attacks on my character here... When some stranger on the internet acts like a dick toward me in private ema…

You lied. It only took me 5 seconds, not 30, to find out where you live. Probably because I also have a domain, so I knew where and how to look instantly ;P

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by DarkWiiPlayer »

chimen wrote: post #19
jik wrote: post #15

Wow, out of all the things I've written on my blog, _this_ makes it onto the front page of HN. How droll. BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't the one who posted the link here. I don't think it's particular relevant to what HN is for, but shrug apparently somebody did. This is all I'm going to have to say about the attacks on my character here... When some stranger on the internet acts like a dick toward me in private ema…

What about "mark as spam" and move on? I maintain a few OSS projects and, occasionally, get some of those quite often. I just move on. Or...ask for $(2|5|10)k to do it for him - that also works

> ask for $(2|5|10)k to do it for him - that also works

Makes me wish emails had a feature where they took a photo of the reader as they open it, I'm sure we'd get some rather hilariously confused expressions :D

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by mrhappyunhappy »

jik wrote: post #15

Wow, out of all the things I've written on my blog, _this_ makes it onto the front page of HN. How droll. BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't the one who posted the link here. I don't think it's particular relevant to what HN is for, but shrug apparently somebody did. This is all I'm going to have to say about the attacks on my character here... When some stranger on the internet acts like a dick toward me in private ema…

While you have every right to be upset at that dick, you could act more mature by not feeding the troll. There is no victory there to be had. Either way I don’t find this a big deal. The legal assistant email is just asking for it. I’ve dealt with a few of these but some from actual lawyers, you can have some fun with those if you know the law.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by jik »

chimen wrote: post #19
jik wrote: post #15

Wow, out of all the things I've written on my blog, _this_ makes it onto the front page of HN. How droll. BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't the one who posted the link here. I don't think it's particular relevant to what HN is for, but shrug apparently somebody did. This is all I'm going to have to say about the attacks on my character here... When some stranger on the internet acts like a dick toward me in private ema…

What about "mark as spam" and move on? I maintain a few OSS projects and, occasionally, get some of those quite often. I just move on. Or...ask for $(2|5|10)k to do it for him - that also works

I mean, "mark as spam" is basically "burn before read," which is what I did to him. The difference, I guess, is that I told him I was doing it, because, like I said before, I think ghosting people is rude. YMMV.

Regarding quoting a ridiculously large number to add a requested feature, yes, sometimes I do that, and sometimes people even take me up on it and I end up both adding useful functionality to the software that everyone gets to benefit from, and making some money out of it as well. But I won't do that when the feature being requested isn't actually the right way to solve the problem. I've explained in another comment why it wasn't in this case. I'm not going to let someone pay me to make my software worse, and if you quote a price to scare someone off, sometimes they surprise you and say yes.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by ww520 »

Can feel for the author. I have several open source projects and some users are very entitled and demanding. Some guy sent me an email demanding something and when I didn't respond fast enough (was sleeping during the night), gave me an 1-star rating couple hours later. Some would add, "1-star rating unless such and such features are added." Yeah right, like I give a shit about rating, especially on an open source project I publish out of my generosity.

Re: People who own businesses should not act like assholes

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Post by isoskeles »

jik wrote: post #15

Wow, out of all the things I've written on my blog, _this_ makes it onto the front page of HN. How droll. BTW, just to be clear, I wasn't the one who posted the link here. I don't think it's particular relevant to what HN is for, but shrug apparently somebody did. This is all I'm going to have to say about the attacks on my character here... When some stranger on the internet acts like a dick toward me in private ema…

Now other people are posting bullshit reviews on yelp and google (and maybe facebook, I’m not checking). Not only are you an asshole, you’ve convinced other assholes to post bad faith reviews of a business they’ve never interacted with as a customers.

And I bet you’re really proud of yourself. Of course, you can explain your actions, that must mean you’re a good person and what you did was right.

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