Linked by David Adams on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:11 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes We'd like to formally welcome Quentin Hartman, Tony Steidler-Dennison, and Amjith Ramanujam to the OSNews team. We had a huge response to our recent call for contributors, and if you were one of the people who contacted us, we're not done with you yet. Whether you're interested in contributing daily news or writing articles, we'll be contacting you soon, and these new editors are specifically tasked with helping to marshall the efforts of the other contributors. These new editors join Thom Holwerda, who's taking a sabbatical while trying to recover from RSI, David Adams, our Publisher and business manager, Adam Scheinberg, our webmaster and back-end guru, and Eugenia Loli-Queru, who is still occasionally lured out of retirement until the trolls and platform zealots earnest advocates remind her why she found it less stressful to take up videography. Welcome, n00bs!
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Comment by apoclypse
by apoclypse on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:44 UTC
apoclypse
Member since:
2007-02-17

Until the trolls and platform zealots earnest advocates remind her why she found it less stressful to take up videography. Welcome, n00bs!

I'm pretty sure she was the one that started the whole mess.

RE: Comment by apoclypse
by David on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:57 in reply to "Comment by apoclypse"
David Member since:
1997-10-01

Is it too soon to try to make light out of a stressful situation? Speaking as a proud "Freetard", I didn't think so.

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RE: Comment by apoclypse
by kaiwai on Wed 9th Jul 2008 00:11 in reply to "Comment by apoclypse"
kaiwai Member since:
2005-07-06

Until the trolls and platform zealots earnest advocates remind her why she found it less stressful to take up videography. Welcome, n00bs!

I'm pretty sure she was the one that started the whole mess.


I personally don't see anything wrong with what she says. She is very matter-of-fact about what she believes, and I see nothing wrong with that. Its too bad there are too many people far too precious. Instead of acknowledging these issues, these complainers choose to silence her through the moderation system.

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RE[2]: Comment by apoclypse
by Nelson on Wed 9th Jul 2008 00:31 in reply to "RE: Comment by apoclypse"
Nelson Member since:
2005-11-29

I agree, if we have to put up with ranting and opinions from one side then we should be able to hear her side without her being modded down to oblivion.

I didn't find anything specifically wrong with the article, if it's wrong then so be it -- but it's exactly why it's desirable to have a diverse set of editors, it makes it easy to get a more balanced reporting.

If you'd like to read only things which agree with your ideas, then the internet is probably not for you. I'd try talking to yourself in the mirror, or singing in the shower.

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RE[2]: Comment by apoclypse
by legrimpeur on Wed 9th Jul 2008 07:19 in reply to "RE: Comment by apoclypse"
legrimpeur Member since:
2005-06-30

I second your opinion. The behaviour of some people against Eugenia is a very sad example of what is bad in the human nature. I will be bold in saying that such intolerant behaviour in my opinion is not that far from what brings totalitarisms all over the wolrd...

This doesn't mean that I always agree with her. But I truly admire her ability to look at real essence of problems. Dogmatism and religiousness are generally bad attitudes in life but even more so in IT

cheers

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RE[2]: Comment by apoclypse
by tux2005 on Thu 10th Jul 2008 21:10 in reply to "RE: Comment by apoclypse"
tux2005 Member since:
2007-04-03

There isn't anything wrong with what she's saying but there is with where she's saying it. I'm all for editors having their opinions but why can't they just put them in the comments like everyone else, the My/Our Take stuff just increases the appearance of bias.

Also posting content that is pretty close to pure flamebait and then not expecting a backlash is a bit silly.

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