What problem do you believe sundialsvc4 is trying to solve

My best guess: Dishonest dialogue and childish behavior.

However, as you point out, the request is likely to go ignored, and there are other ways to accomplish the same counterproductive tasks anyway.

and how would a throwaway account prevent this?

The question is disingenious; it is you who presented the concept of using a throwaway account in this conversation.

But to (somewhat) answer the only part of the question I could answer -- I don't think acting like a coward and a liar is any better than simply acting like a coward.

If you care to look they've been on the crusade to remove anonymous posting for years.

Yes, we have been. But I long ago came to the realization that I would never win -- nor even make reasonable headway -- with that argument here. I have accepted it is the my "thorn on the rose" in the garden of the Monastery.

would it be just as reasonable a request to say 'please, no responses to this post unless you're wearing a Deerstalker.'?

No. Honesty affects written conversation. Attire does not. Based on your posting history, I should have thought you intelligent enough to know that.

Let's face it -- there isn't much sundialsvc4 and I agree on. I even had one post where I broke my usual rule regarding politeness and told him exactly what I thought of his attitude regarding process vs. flexibility.

But I would never engage in the mob behavior I see infesting my fellow Monks here, gang-piling downvotes onto even the most innocuous of his posts with such a frequency and ferocity that I cannot help but think that people are engaging in the reprehensible activity of downvoting the person, rather than the post.

In this uncharacteristically hostile environment, when I saw you chastise sundialsvc4 for something he did not do, I felt moved to point out your error -- and that should be a warning sign to me.

Perhaps I should return to spending more time in the back gardens of the Monastery for awhile. It's clear I am suffering a small case of disquietude over things that shouldn't matter to me.

At least jeffa would be happy to see me quit posting diatribes.  :-)

In reply to Re^7: Software Projects In Real Life: "I See Dead People" by marinersk
in thread Software Projects In Real Life: "I See Dead People" by locked_user sundialsvc4

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