Mueen Nawaz <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
>         Taunt? You know, speaking totally generally and not about C++ (since I
> couldn't care less about it), having fans of X every once in a while
> posting to a forum about why they love X is as irritating as one who
> posts once in a while pointing why X sucks. If I view one as a taunt,
> I'd view the other one as well.

  I honestly can't understand why.

  Yes, if the post is of the type "my favorite thing X is so cool and
much better than yours", then it would be irritating. But why would a
"hey, I found out this really cool thing about my favorite thing X" be
irritating or taunting? You are simply showing enthusiasm about a hobby
of yours and sharing your findings with others. Maybe others will also
discover the wonders of that hobby as well that way. Why is that a bad
thing?

  OTOH, what's the point in a "hey, look at yet another new flaw I found
in thing X, which is why I hate it even more" post, especially if you have
already made abundantly clear your dislike of that thing in the past? That
might make sense if the forum was full of people hating the same thing and
you want to laugh a bit with your buddies, but I don't think that's the
case here.

> Kind of like someone coming every once in a while and posting why he
> likes intelligent design so much.

  Making posts praising ID is inherently inflammatory because there's
always an implied accusation that anyone who believes in science and the
theory of evolution is misguided and delusional. I count that as a "my
thing X is much better than yours" type of posting.

> It's a forum, and the point is to discuss.

  Making posts which you know are inflammatory is not discussion. There's
a neologism for it.

> On this forum, though, there are plenty of people who like
> computers, programming languages, etc.

  More the reason why people should take into account what others like
and practice as a hobby.

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                                                          - Warp

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