1674

Gotcha, we are both back-editing

1675

But is that the perfect response or should you reconsider your position and explain in a soft and controlled manner why it makes you feel this way to anyone or everyone who might ask about this situation? Keep in mind that you are allowed zero consideration for any past experiences that might make you defensive, so don’t bring that up.

1676

That’s literally exactly what he did though.

1677

I just basically agree with everything said here. I hereby deputize Wholly Schmidt to speak for me in all things!

Oh, and uhh… Expect a call from my wife soon. You’ll figure out something, I’m sure.

1678

Hah, I deleted my post (to @charmtrap’s earlier post) as you were quoting it. Fair enough though, I don’t mind you responding to it, I did post it.

1679

Well he got defensive… his reaction was at first defensive.He said that. He is also here prepared and discussing something with people he mostly knows and not as the expense of his career nor is the expectation so high that he could be fired for it… it’s also not just the general public.

Oh sorry. I didnt’ realize you deleted it.

1680

I think the issue with this is largely how we all probably misuse twitter to some degree as well.

Like, I don’t know how you go on social media and don’t expect people to chime in with your discussion. It is social media, people are supposed to engage with you on it. Not to be all save it for the blog post, but it is funny how people now have to say like “Don’t @ me” or “not looking for feedback, just gonna rant” why are we doing that publicly then? What is the point of twitter? Twitter was a mistake, because all it is used for is a factory for hot takes. Maybe I am jaded but I would never use social media to discuss something I wasn’t looking for feedback on, because I just would expect it. And maybe that is wrong too, but it is how twitter just is.

That is one thing I like about QT3, we can all post her and certainly not agree with eachother on everything, but we at least have a semi-private place to have a discussion about this in more than 280 characters at a time. (@ArmandoPenblade) :)

I would also like to think that large companies would understand people using their personal social media in responsible ways, and maybe understanding when things get heated to not insta-fire people for minor name calling.

1681

Well this took a weird turn!

1682

It’s a testament to this crowd how many “replying” icons discourse shows (and for how long) vs how many replies we actually get. Pretty thoughtful responses all around I think.

1683

Sorry man, I’m just a silly person.

Apologies…apologies all around. /GeorgeBluth

1684

Too late, no take-backs. Welcome to your new outlook on life! Go ahead and begin familiarizing yourself with your position on some other recent topics in the media:

  • Rogue One is a bad movie
  • The Last Jedi had some structural flaws but was an enjoyable film, a net positive for the direction it took the characters, both new and old
  • God of War (2018) was really good, but definitely overrated by the press
  • Co-op board games can be a lot of fun, while trying to play multiple roles in a co-op game as a solitaire experience is the wrong way to play
  • Season five of Arrested Development is a step back in the right direction after season four, but still doesn’t quite work the way the original three did
1685

Dammit I nearly made it through! Point 4 got me in the end! :)

1686

I wasn’t really replying directly to you, even though it followed your post. It was more meant to be threadwide light-hearted snark.

But since we’re here, I don’t really think this incident was a great example of “mansplaining”, though I’m sure that played a role, since it usually does. It felt like more of an example of “here, let me, a non-expert, explain a very basic concept about your job to you, person employed in the field”.

I’m not surprised she bristled…I’m more surprised that it doesn’t happen more often, given the unfortunate social media situation in which we find ourselves.

1687

And this is why you should stay off Facebook etc.

Especially if your account is linked to a company account in some way.

1688

Yeah, no worries. I was just on a posting spree and after thinking a little more about it, decided I didn’t need to defend against your post so I deleted mine, but it’s all good.

1689

I’m pretty sure this isn’t that infrequent of a thing. We don’t know about it because it doesn’t gain traction. And by frequent I don’t mean most devs respond in annoyance… but responding negatively towards fans… yeah that happens, usually without any sort of headline.

1690

This is the attitude I’m most bothered by in this whole affair. I’ve never met a true expert that “bristled” at an amateur’s attempt to contribute unless that contribution was an attempt to influence policy (i.e. anti-vaxxers). If “true experts” want to start banging out AMA’s on twitter, they’ll benefit from taking the pretense down a few notches.

1691

Posting on twitter where you have 11000 followers and not expecting replies is like posting new thread on QT3 and not expecting replies. Completely, utterly nonsensical.

1692

Muahahahaha now he’ll never know I called him a crabby bastard in paragraph 8, subsection A-II

1693

This whole thing is soo 2017.

The 2018 thing is to laught at stupid questions.

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