[PSF-Community] STOP THE INTRODUCTIONS

[Jacqueline Kazil]

Introductions allow for folks who are new to the community to understand
who is lurking and allows for folks who have been a part of the community
for awhile to see who is joining.

If I was new to the community, and I posted an introduction and received a
harsh email that discouraged me -- I might never come back or want to
participate.

Instead of going back and forth on this practice -- what if we started a
thread called 'Introductions' or something like that?
- Folks who want to read it can keep it coming in.
- Folks who don't want to read it can filter that one thread (or threads).

Yes? No?




On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Alan Fitzgerald <alanfitzgerald at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Totally agree, please stop. Moments ago I was looking for the
> unsubscribe...holding off now hoping the spam stops.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:18 PM, joshua at tellander.net <
> joshua at tellander.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> While you all are wonderful people, there are too many of us to offer
>> introductions. Stop introducing yourselves. Most of us don't appreciate the
>> emails. Please keep the replies relating to python; not who you are. If we
>> were a team of 20 people introductions would be great, but we are all over
>> the world and introductions are pointless. Nobody is going to remember you;
>> I'm being honest and not rude.
>>
>> If you feel the need to introduce yourself to a group spanning the globe
>> have a nice chamomile tea, maybe a GABA pill, get some sleep, and then say
>> hi to your mom and tell her how you are a member of this awesome python
>> group; then don't tell us who you are.
>>
>> When you have a python problem to solve, or a *python* question, say hi,
>> state your name, then focus on the python details.
>>
>> We all like you, we don't like the spam.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joshua
>> Madison, WI
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 5:48 PM -0700, "Chew Chee Ming" <
>> cheeming at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am Chee Ming and I hail from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Been using Python
>> for quite a few years, building web apps and APIs powering mobile apps. I
>> love how Python works, and never looked back. And vim for life!
>>
>> We have a small Python community in Malaysia, but enough to do a "mini"
>> PyCon recently (http://www.pycon.my/).
>> Great to read about others around the world.
>>
>>
>> Chee Ming
>> http://infinite-code.com/
>>
>>
>
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