I'm sorry if I have offended you. Posting another reply would have been redundant, as I didn't have anything to offer that hadn't already been said. I don't think gav^ is a bad person, a bad programmer or a bad monk. I do think that he posted hastily, and that that particular node was of poor quality. You obviously disagree, which is your right, and is reasonable considering the poster's response to gav^'s post.

I think it is important for a community's members to question the way their community operates. I think vroom does to, otherwise we wouldn't have a special place for these discussions. In retrospect, my post came off a little too preachy and didactic. A more carefully reasoned post, that offered my thoughts on the moderation system and explained my ideas on how it might be improved would have been preferable.

I have posted bad nodes before, and unless I drop dead in the very near future, I will do so again. I expect to get downvoted for every one. Honestly, I'd be somewhat flattered if I were to stir someone to post a Meditation or PM Discussion regarding my faux pax. Maybe I'm a closeted troll. Despite my (possible) internal monster, I try to keep my posts here at least constructive, if not positive.

In reply to Re: ::: Do we read before we vote? by TGI
in thread Do we read before we vote? by TGI

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.