On 16 Mar 22 11:55:40, Shaun Buzza said the following to Nick Andre:
SB> I can certainly relate to this story. After I got dumped into the deep end,
SB> was pretty quickly discouraged, and even seriously considered resigning my
SB> node number, too. But, it isn't fair to single out just two people for an
SB> attitude that so very many people share! It appears to be a fairly common
SB> theme throughout Fidonet, shitting on the new guy. I don't think it is
SB> limited to any particular region or zone.
Its mostly sysops of one particular zone shitting on the new guy for not
having some stupid Msgid/Reply kludge or time zone. Neither of which have any
effect on message content, just the presentation not meeting their expectation.
When one realises that those types are usually elderly keyboard-warriors with
no life, one quickly stops caring about what they think.
Nick
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