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Re: Server side JS programming

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Jon Ribbens wrote:
> On 2019-03-14, groovee@cyberdude.com <groovee@cyberdude.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:06:14 UTC+5:30, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn  wrote:
>>> How "funny".  Get a real name if you want to be taken seriously
>>> from now on. And be aware that you are talking to potential
>>> colleagues, but *strangers*.
>>
>> Er no - I NEVER post under my own name on the net. Been bitten
>> before, second time shy.

In now 19 years of posting in Usenet under my real name I have never had any
problems with people in real life, despite a host of statements on my part
that were perceived by some to be controversial.  On the contrary, I have
made real-life acquaintances and friends, and the demonstration of my
expertise online helped me to find good, well-paid positions in the software
industry several times.

Assuming your story to be true, probably your problems had to do with *how*
and *what* you posted, as it has to do whether you have the courage to stand
by your own words with your own, real name.  For it is too easy to throw
insults while hiding behind *seeming* anonymity.

> Ignore Pointed 'RealName' Ears, he has imaginary netiquette rules
> that he insults almost everyone for breaking. There is no need to
> pay any attention to his nonsense.

/Argumentum ad hominem./

Jon Ribbens is fully aware that “PointedEars” is my nickname and that it is
customary to include it *in addition to* the real name (not least to avoid
confusion with other people), which in my case is Thomas Lahn.  As it says
in the From header field of each of my postings, in my Twitter account, and
so on.

Showing the simple courtesy to introduce oneself to strangers before
asking for their free help is not a fantasy, let alone mine.  And showing
courtesy when interacting with one another is indeed the core of what is
called “etiquette”; on the Net, “network etiquette” or “netiquette” for short.

As a result, when that courtesy is not shown, one must expect one’s audience
to be greatly reduced to those who do not put much value, if any, in
courtesy.  So it is illogical to expect it from them then.

See also, among other sources:

<http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html>

To perceive or portray a request for that courtesy as an insult indicates
a twisted sense of reality at best.

-- 
PointedEars

Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

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Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-12 06:17 -0700
  Re: Server side JS programming "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-03-12 22:03 +0100
    Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-13 06:14 -0700
      Re: Server side JS programming "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-03-13 15:14 +0100
  Re: Server side JS programming Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-13 15:36 +0100
    Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-14 07:04 -0700
      Re: Server side JS programming Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-15 12:25 +0000
        Re: Server side JS programming "Mark-" <nospam@mapson.xyz> - 2019-03-15 12:49 +0000
        Re: Server side JS programming Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-17 16:02 +0100
          Re: Server side JS programming John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-03-17 15:34 +0000
          Re: Server side JS programming "Mark-" <nospam@mapson.xyz> - 2019-03-17 17:06 +0000
          Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-17 20:32 -0700
            Re: Server side JS programming "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-03-18 12:49 -0700
              Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-19 06:20 -0700
                Re: Server side JS programming Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-19 14:23 +0000
                Re: Server side JS programming "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-03-19 12:05 -0700
            Re: Server side JS programming Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-19 18:23 +0100
  Re: Server side JS programming Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-13 15:22 +0000
  Re: Server side JS programming "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-03-13 19:16 -0700
    Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-14 07:00 -0700
  Re: Server side JS programming groovee@cyberdude.com - 2019-03-19 13:52 -0700
    Re: Server side JS programming "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-03-19 23:15 +0100

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