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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Apology, and a period of break.Re: Apology, and a period of break.
From: Ed Nickl <pioneer4x4_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:19:00 -0400 > To everyone I've upset. I'm sorry. It's not my intention. I know you > don't believe this... This sums it up, this is the type of comment that has tone, not implied/misunderstood/misread tone. YOU HAVE NO IDEA what any of us believe! >"Apparently I'm too arrogant for my own good." I agree! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Louden" <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>; "Rockbox development" <rockbox-dev_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:06 AM Subject: Apology, and a period of break. > Apparently I'm too arrogant for my own good. Or something. It's not > something I understand, and that's why I'm writing this. > > I write posts that, if received, I would read, nod, say "okay" and not get > angry about. At least the vast majority of the time. I can think of maybe > three instances where I've written an email or forum posting that I've > looked back on and thought "I shouldn't have done that." But I get a very > negative response, it seems more and more constantly. > > It's becoming somewhat clear to me that I'm not able to relate with normal > people in a reasonable way. I lack the basic understanding of how people > will read "tone" in things I type, where for me they're written word and > should be read based on the specific meanings rather than anything > implied. The latter method seems to depend too much on the emotions and > even specific mood a time of reading of the user. > > To everyone I've upset. I'm sorry. It's not my intention. I know you don't > believe this, and at this point I know there's nothing I can really say > that will make you believe this. It's that whole "emotional context" thing > that I don't really get. I can't say I'm sorry for my behaviour, since I > don't understand why it upsets people. This is something I'll work on. I'm > genuinely sorry that I have upset you though, for whatever reason. > > So I'm taking a break from active Rockbox participation. I'm resigning > from forum administration. I won't be posting on these mailing lists > unless it's a matter I think is extremely important, since my sincere > efforts to investigate ways to improve Rockbox seem to just backfire. > Since I'm resigning from the steering board too, congratulations to Thom > Johansen who, I guess very briefly, was the first backup if I understand > correctly. > > I'll still be in IRC though there, like everywhere else, I'll be trying to > keep my mouth shut as much as possible. > > Once I understand whatever it is I don't understand right now (I can > hardly say what it is, since if I knew it probably wouldn't be the > apparent problem that it is) I'll try to be more active. But since I'm > basically kicking myself back down to "simple user" status it means other > people can decide whether I'm going to present a negative face to the > project, rather than them currently being in the rather unenviable > position of probably having to decide if the negative face I'm presenting > is bad enough for them to have to strip from me the various positions I > seem to have stumbled into. > > I can't promise I'll be silent. I am after all human. But I can promise > that if something does inspire me to speak up, you're just arguing with > another annoying user now and not someone who some people, apparently, may > see as one of the "public faces" of Rockbox. I'm no longer a member of the > project, and am now just a user like everyone else. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ > Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2009-06-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |