Re: Modules you build yourself = Your Child (reflect)

[tye]

So if you want good XP in "The Monastery" you have to brown nose every member

Yep, that pretty much sums up BrowserUk and ikegami. Their obsequiousness sickens me. But you can't argue with their XP results.

And it is human nature to see coordination where there is none. That is why conspiracy theories abound. I see no evidence of a troll army. I see evidence of one troll. You are not even close to the first monk to be incorrectly convinced that s/he was a victim of a multi-monk coordinated attack.

I also see a lot of uncoordinated individuals reacting negatively to what I usually just clump under the heading "not acting mature".

Where actually earning the respect is a more noble path

The choice is not between "be respectful" and "earn respect". Those two actually are more likely to go hand-in-hand. The easiest way to earn respect is to be respectful (and to appear mature) when pointing out what you have discovered or created and are now contributing.

Trying to be a maverick and break the rules and buck the system and not brown-nose just interferes with earning respect. If you are exceptionally good, you can eventually earn respect from some people despite such immature behavior. But appearing mature will mean that you can earn some respect easier and sooner and from more people and this means that you can accomplish more as well.

Note that I don't require that anybody actually be mature. The important thing is to act mature. I'm immature plenty of times. But I make an effort to not spew such immaturity all over the internet. The further one is down the "immature" end of the spectrum, the more effort will be required for them to appear mature. But when dealing with on-line communities, the effort is usually very much worth it and benefits more than just a few people.

[Your Mother]

Yep, that pretty much sums up BrowserUk and ikegami. Their obsequiousness sickens me.

This is strongly competing to be my favorite thing anyone has ever written here.

[Gavin]

"Yep, that pretty much sums up BrowserUk and ikegami.

Their obsequiousness sickens me."

Especially to each other!

Makes for some really not to be missed deeeeep Nodes