27-10-2015, 12:12 AM
Hello everyone,
This is a bit of a tricky one. I have been watching carefully, and was really hoping that I wouldn't need to chime in, but after a couple of PMs and lot of reflection, I think I'll just say a couple of things:
Honestly, I can see why some of you might be confused or frustrated. A few weeks back, I was in exactly the same position. But I decided to stop expressing my frustration in public, and instead, I had a conversation with NM via PM. As a result, I can better understand where he is coming from. Remember: we are all different, and we all took different paths to get to where we find ourselves on this forum.
I don't wish to speak for NM, but here's one "logistical" thing I learnt which helped me: he accesses the internet via his local library, so only gets a limited time slot each day. As a result, I suspect that this might affect the way he interacts with us - he catches up with the previous 24 hours-worth of messages, and quickly says all the things he's been saving up all day, and then his "slot" runs out... So might that explain why it appears that he doesn't acknowledge our responses appropriately? Or perhaps why some posts aren't as clear as they could be? That's the conclusion I came to, at least.
Either way, I'm satisfied that he isn't deliberately setting out to offend. So, in the spirit of friendship, let's lower the temperature, and try to get to know each other better
Thank you,
Mark
PS: For the sake of balance, in the same way that I've made an appeal here, I've also made suggestions to NM during our PM conversation.
This is a bit of a tricky one. I have been watching carefully, and was really hoping that I wouldn't need to chime in, but after a couple of PMs and lot of reflection, I think I'll just say a couple of things:
Honestly, I can see why some of you might be confused or frustrated. A few weeks back, I was in exactly the same position. But I decided to stop expressing my frustration in public, and instead, I had a conversation with NM via PM. As a result, I can better understand where he is coming from. Remember: we are all different, and we all took different paths to get to where we find ourselves on this forum.
I don't wish to speak for NM, but here's one "logistical" thing I learnt which helped me: he accesses the internet via his local library, so only gets a limited time slot each day. As a result, I suspect that this might affect the way he interacts with us - he catches up with the previous 24 hours-worth of messages, and quickly says all the things he's been saving up all day, and then his "slot" runs out... So might that explain why it appears that he doesn't acknowledge our responses appropriately? Or perhaps why some posts aren't as clear as they could be? That's the conclusion I came to, at least.
Either way, I'm satisfied that he isn't deliberately setting out to offend. So, in the spirit of friendship, let's lower the temperature, and try to get to know each other better
Thank you,
Mark
PS: For the sake of balance, in the same way that I've made an appeal here, I've also made suggestions to NM during our PM conversation.
