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Davey

@b0rk I don't know why that is, but I know what you mean.

Generally I think people reply to each other a lot more on here, and I like that.
But the results are mixed and I think a lot of people should read their posts before hitting Reply. (And assume OP knows things)

13 February at 14:54 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.ie
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Julia Evans

@davey_cakes yeah the number of people who assume that I don't know very basic facts about the topics I'm writing about is really wild

13 February at 14:55 | Open on social.jvns.ca
Davey

@b0rk a lot (well, as they see it) of people know a lot about computers and very little about manners

13 February at 15:27 | Open on mastodon.ie
Moray

@b0rk @davey_cakes Maybe a blue tick had some value if you had one?

13 February at 17:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Rihards Olups

@davey_cakes @b0rk
But at the same time some of those interactions can feel a bit like "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM".
If the communication is not in mean spirit and is polite, why be mean about it?

It's like standing in a bus stop for whatever reasons and somebody telling you the bus route was changed yesterday.
One could go "I live here and I know it better than you, hate you!" - or just appreciate people being kind.

13 February at 17:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Davey

@richlv @b0rk

That's a point, but let's not forget that assuming people need help can be impolite (or worse), and that some people experience it a lot more than others, for reasons that aren't good or fair.

13 February at 17:29 | Open on mastodon.ie
Katherine Senzee

@richlv @davey_cakes @b0rk Unsolicited information is not always experienced as kindness. Imagine you're wearing a uniform showing you work for the transit authority, there are posters all over town advertising the route change, and you've now had 20 people walk up and tell you the same thing.

13 February at 17:43 | Open on hachyderm.io
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