D mentioned on Rust discussions site

Timon Gehr timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Fri May 22 15:48:04 UTC 2020


On 22.05.20 15:29, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 15:58:58 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> My expectation would be that technical points are ignored or deleted 
>> if someone feels they are are phrased the wrong way. I might be wrong, 
>> but currently I have no desire to post on the Rust forums as it does 
>> not appear to be welcoming to all perspectives.
> 
> FWIW I do feel that the mods are being a tad heavy-handed in trying to 
> push people to not widen the discussion to broader language 
> comparisons.  I might feel differently if there were more people 
> actually discussing the OB feature in-depth, but in such a short thread, 
> with so few participants, it seems unnecessarily intrusive.
> 
> Still, it remains advice only so far.  If I get a ban or a timeout I may 
> feel obliged to invite you to say "I told you so" ... :-)

Which is why they don't want to do that and instead prefer if you comply 
based on the latent threat of it happening. :P

Also, the tone is getting more stern, arguably getting close to or 
crossing the line of what they would consider acceptable for 
participants in the actual discussion. Fewer hearts now, too.


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