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Re: Arch Linux Mirror Loli.forsale Removed After Name Complaint

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Post by loa_in_ » Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 3:55 PM UTC

RaleyField wrote: post #73

The email of the author comes from a domain where one can find this gem on one of subpages: "Unless its some illegal faggot shit, I will always store your loli pics, anon."[1] I don't appreciate people putting their personalities (whether I generally appreciate their personality or not) into software. The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push yo…

It serves a purpose if it's to cater to a user who appreciates that.

You could argue that software displaying "Good Morning, !" every first run of the day serves no technical purpose, and judging by the tone of your comment, it makes that software inferior and the developer who decided to include this feature - to be of ill mind and immature.

I like to say that seriousness, like fear, will make us do and say stupid things if we let it take over us.

Re: Arch Linux Mirror Loli.forsale Removed After Name Complaint

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Post by RaleyField » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 1:19 AM UTC

loa_in_ wrote: post #81

RaleyField wrote: post #73

The email of the author comes from a domain where one can find this gem on one of subpages: "Unless its some illegal faggot shit, I will always store your loli pics, anon."[1] I don't appreciate people putting their personalities (whether I generally appreciate their personality or not) into software. The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push yo…

It serves a purpose if it's to cater to a user who appreciates that. You could argue that software displaying "Good Morning, !" every first run of the day serves no technical purpose, and judging by the tone of your comment, it makes that software inferior and the developer who decided to include this feature - to be of ill mind and immature. I like to say that seriousness, like fear, will make us do and say stupid t…

For one thing you are using exclamation point. However your example isn't really pushing personality onto users, some polite playfulness can be welcome. An example of what I had in mind that isn't in itself of poor taste but would still be unwelcome at least to me would be if somebody was pushing their metal subculture into their spreadsheet software for no apparent reason.

Re: Arch Linux Mirror Loli.forsale Removed After Name Complaint

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Post by RaleyField » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 1:29 AM UTC

snvzz wrote: post #78

RaleyField wrote: post #73

The email of the author comes from a domain where one can find this gem on one of subpages: "Unless its some illegal faggot shit, I will always store your loli pics, anon."[1] I don't appreciate people putting their personalities (whether I generally appreciate their personality or not) into software. The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push yo…

>The project you are creating is, or should be, an intellectual endeavor and it serves no technical purpose to push your personality onto users. Plenty will find that attitude offensive. Like, who do you think you are telling people what their project should be.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't put personality in it, just that intrinsically the product doesn't need it so if you strive to make it great then don't burden your users with noise.