Flame on!

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Originally posted by kryten
I made a post here yesterday morning about some problems I'd had with locating the drivers for my graphics card. I'd solved the problem by the time I posted, and posted to vent my frustrations as we all do. That's why the community is here after all. I've now deleted the post after a series of incredibly patronising responses by various people. One person seemed intent on calling me an idiot, a number of people told me where I could find the drivers I'd already tried that didn't work - even after I'd edited the post to say this. And finally there was the guy who posted

"What I do not understand, is why are YOU trying to fix a Company owned machine. Let IT fix it, due to that is what they are paid to do. Unless you are trying to hide the true reason that you are using this machine for, and do not want them to find out."

I'd already deleted the post by the time I read this comment, but I need to respond to it. The reason I was repairing the PC, you patronising bastard, is that IT IS MY JOB - rather like everyone else here. You only have to look at my previous posts here, or my userinfo in order to deduce that.

I've always found this to be a fun community, and I've often posted here to vent my frustrations. I don't know if there was something in the air yesterday, but I really feel that a couple of you (particularly this last guy, who I won't name) were overly harsh. I'll certainly think twice before posting here again.

Comments disabled because I'm really not up to a repeat performance.

Comments

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't see your name listed amongst the maintainers of the community, which would give you the right to modify or repost something that someone else had posted and chosen to delete. Otherwise, reposting something with comments opened would be just asking for annoyance.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I didn't see the part of the rules where it says 'thou shalt not modify or repost something that someone else had posted and chosen to delete'. I guess it's in that invisible section with my name and yours.

I reposted this partly out of reactionary contrariness and partly because I think the topic it brings up is worthy of discussion. Your aim seems to be to censure someone because someone else might be offended. Even if kryten was offended I would not apologise because I don't think offense is something you can give, it must be taken.

So, in short, mind your business biatch.

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

As a member of the community, it is my business. It is the business of all of us that someone might take it upon themselves to act like a mod, change the nature of a post that someone made or for that matter repost what the original poster chose to delete. It isn't your business to choose whether a post by someone else has comments enabled, or for that matter whether a post written by someone else exists or not.

Really, it comes down to what the mods think about your actions here. If they choose to say or do nothing, that's their choice.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Really, it comes down to what the mods think about your actions here.

Gee do you think? I thought you were going to get a lynch mob together and string me up. Good to hear there's some law in this town after all, your attempts at moderation notwithstanding.