Gurpreet spake thusly:
i second trevor's thoughts on being more tolerant. our motto for the movement is to spread it's popularity. i understand the anarchic nature of linux hacker coz i have been in the community for some time, a new comer does not understand it. for him it may be an ego issue...
:D
Well, seems like the list has a few "anarchic linux hackers" which should explain the high level of 'intolerance' encountered here.
let us accept this fact be a lil more newcomer friendly. but not spare any oldies not tagging "[commercial]" msgs.
Isn't it possible for the newcomer to be regular's friendly ? ;)
After all, dont you remember that in college/school if we wanted to join a cool group, we had to adjust -- fit in, not the group. Are we really that desperate for numbers ?
I mean, the initial thrashing is like ragging. You rag the newcomers -- weed out the idiots, then the good newcomers become the regulars and join in the ragging. It's an age old tradition, for crying out aloud.
I vote for the kick-ass-and-rag-the-newcomers movement.