Timeline for How can we avoid comments intended to be helpful being perceived as unfriendly?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2012 at 14:45 | vote | accept | Seth Rogers | ||
| Aug 1, 2012 at 13:45 | comment | added | Jaydles Staff | @JeffAtwood, thanks so much. I'm really excited to be working on something as awesome as what you guys have built. As for money, well... I've come to realize it's not all it's cracked up to be. You know, despite being exchangeable for goods and services. Both of which can be handy. But still. | |
| Aug 1, 2012 at 4:48 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood | @jaydles congrats on the new role! We talked about potentially hiring you back in the day, but Joel said you made far too much money in your current job to even remotely possibly ever ever EVER be hired by Stack Exchange. Glad that turned out not to be true. :) | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 22:27 | comment | added | dash | "Ever hear of Facebook" could also be a reminder that the Original Poster is missing the obvious - it doesn't have to be as negative as you suggest. I don't disagree with you but am struck by the fact that people on StackOverflow are helping other people, for free, for their own reasons. When writing a note to your new boss, I would argue that some of the carefulness is motivated by fear - you don't want to look foolish yourself, or, at worst, lose your new job - it's a totally different motivator. Perhaps we should just treat people like we ourselves prefer to be treated? | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 15:47 | comment | added | Peter Grace Mod | It makes me wish I could upvote twice. | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 5:58 | history | edited | jmort253 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed a grammatical error, specifically, I used present tense when I should have used future-tense.
|
| Jul 31, 2012 at 3:41 | comment | added | Jaydles Staff | +1 for "Write them as if you're writing a note to your boss at a new job.". | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 3:32 | history | edited | jmort253 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added more clarity
|
| Jul 31, 2012 at 3:27 | history | answered | jmort253 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |