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by monkeywork 344 days ago
Nah you still come off as childish when you reply like that no matter the validity of the claim. If the claim is nonsense then ignore or call it out as nonsense and move on ... but when you act like that you sour your image and if it is a legit claim you've now just made things worse.
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Forgeties79 344 days ago
Not saying it’s the adult thing to do but again, it’s understandable. Their takedown attempt seems to be disrespectful and wrong. I typically advocate for taking the high road but I certainly understand some situations where people don’t, even if I would have.

edit: thinking about it, we could look at your tone here as well to illustrate the point. Sure you weren't as uhh "passionate," but let's look at it more closely:

>Nah you still come off as childish when you reply like that

1) "Nah" is a very dismissive way of saying "I disagree." Then you follow it up 2) by calling someone "childish." There are certainly more respectful ways to make your point! Then again, I don't think it's that big of a deal. Someone else might though.

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gruez 344 days ago
>Their takedown attempt seems to be disrespectful and wrong

How was the initial claim "disrespectful"? It might not be using maximally cuddly language, but "[...] your platform seriously infringes on our legitimate rights and interests, please rename to other one." seems pretty respectful to me. Was it only "disrespectful" because it was wrong?

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Forgeties79 344 days ago
Fair question - my use of "disrespectful" is a bit forced. It appears their claim is frivolous so I just considered the whole act "disrespectful." There are certainly better words though.
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monkeywork 341 days ago
comparing me saying "nah" and describing something as "childish" to the types of things that Zaid-maker was saying in that comment thread is kind of a stretch isn't it?

The person I was referring to as childish:

>No one gives a shit, get out of here!

>BLAH BLAH BLAH

(and then when someone points out he is in fact NOT the maintainer and is a contributor)

>I am the maintainer of this project who says I am not. I only made changes to CI by my choice. Ask maze before making false exceptions to me otherwise you will be hearing from my lawyers next time for harassment.

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