(08-19-2016, 10:57 PM)Benjamin Wrote: Chaos I think you're taking it a little too far with your response with what he said. Technically it is true that being a valid tester for a new version it's hard to know which version is doing which without the rest inbetween. But that doesn't discount results either.
But you're going a bit far the way you're talking down to him and the 'nagging wife' attack.
Ben --
I understand that you have to be an objective moderator and can't take sides. But, please consider this: Don't allow classism and elitism -- both forms of intellectual slavery -- to pervade what seems to be IML's noble goal of bringing peace to people's lives. That's how communities die.
This isn't the first time that RTBoss exalted himself to the role of arbiter and used that self-appointed authority to silence another person's voice. He tried to silence Sarge -- who was only inquiring on the nature of relationships -- by virgin-shaming him. There was someone else (can't remember, in the early DMSI threads) he attempted to silence by telling that individual that he had no voice on relationships since he'd never been in one. And that's just off the top of my head. He has a pattern of telling people that doesn't agree with him that they shouldn't have the right to even speak on the topic -- a vast difference from methodically breaking down an argument.
My "temper tantrums," as he refers to them (which, based on the sheer number of likes I get from them insinuates that people largely agree with me) are FAR LESS of an insidious threat than someone attempting to promote a culture where someone else's voice is diminished based on arbitrary reasons. If that's the kind of culture that IML wants to build, the "chaosvrgn problem" will vanish anyway.
I would never presume to know what Shannon thinks, but based on my observations, that's not the culture he wants. I've seen him respond to questions and comments (that would've made me rage) with wisdom and kindness. I've never seen him once take the elitist role (when he's the only person here qualified to do it) and tell a person that they don't have the right to speak.
(08-20-2016, 04:51 AM)RTBoss Wrote: No worries, Ben. If people want to take the results of someone who ran a program a total of 6 times or less over 3 versions in 2 months [...]
Incorrect. I ran DMSI much more than that, I simply condensed reports and only reported when significant things happened -- like dates.
(08-20-2016, 04:51 AM)RTBoss Wrote: [...] he's on my block/ignore list, so I won't be seeing anything from him anymore anyway.
Thank you.
