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@AJHenderson You say, “part of the SE platform is that all answers are community property. They can be modified by anyone at will, though newer users' edits have to be approved. It clearly shows that they edited your answer and if you really disagree with it, you are free to revert part of their edit. Your original is never lost.” I am very well aware of this fact since I am quite active on other Stack Exchange sites & often edit myself.
@AJHenderson In this case, the method of editing—described to me as “the culture”—of SuperUser seems to filly directly in the face of how I understand the Stack Exchange sites to work. And in my case, basic procedure, respect & decorum simply went out the window. It seems that on SuperUser ANY post is deemed to be on the same level as “CommunityWiki” even if it is a few minutes old.
@AJHenderson With radical edits being made before the answer has even gotten some basic time to live. Additional, perfectly valid answers from non-developer users seem to be treated as second fiddle to a core project developer coming in and giving their expert opinion.
@AJHenderson Granted, yes the developer of a tool will know how to deal with many issues better than basic users, but by the same token tool developers rely on end-users to be actively involved with their product to allow for real world testing/usage that can them be used by the developer to then evolve the tool.
@AJHenderson Meaning that if the “culture” here is to favor developers over users in some hierarchy of—let’s face it—power, what motivation does an end user have to contribute to the community as well as the software? This essentially then devolves into a “help ticket” board for the experts with no ability for others to grow & contribute. Thus the community becomes inbred & isolated.
@AJHenderson And when compared to other online communities, the Stack Exchange sites thrive on contributions being well managed from ALL sources. Yes, there are conflicts. Yes, Stack Overflow can be seen as messier than SuperUser, but out of they supposed “mess” comes growth.
@AJHenderson With regards to my use of foul language in the chat, I do not apologize for that. The user allquixotic was using similar language towards my simple meta-qutestion before I said one peep & derided any concern I made in my original—and now thankfully deleted—Meta question. So the way I see this, respect is a two way street. Especially in the case of a user with such a high reputation as all quixotic.
@AJHenderson My apogees though for assuming allquixotic was a moderator/admin here. I just assumed he was from his overbearing manner in my interactions with him.
@Bob And all that said, thank you Bob again for the levelheaded and rational answer to my now deleted meta question. allquixotic derided my appreciation of that answer by claiming that somehow he said the same thing as you so why would I favor that answer rather than his. Well, I will tell you why: allquixotic demeanor, tone, lack of respect, lack of concern & endless derision makes me not care one iota for his opinion.
@Bob In fact I stand by my opinion that allquixotic attitude exemplifies the 133t attitude that makes me not care about most other tech forums. And it’s an attitude I would hope that the Stack Exchange sites can deal with eliminating since I am not alone in hating that attitude. But if he found a home in the odd culture of SuperUser then hey, more power to him. But I think one needs to step back & realize that fostering that 133t mentality will never help Super User grow.
That’s all folks! I will go back to editing posts & answers the way I understand how to answer them. And I will respect the voice of the question posters as well as question answers. That works for me. Bye.
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