Timeline for answer to Is the question about statements being terminated by semicolons appropriate for Programmers? by yannis
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| Mar 16, 2012 at 20:04 | comment | added | yannis Mod | @Rachel Also unless you have some way of reading my mind, the "is that you already had an opinion formed on the question, and you went through the FAQ and site scope to pull out arguments that supported your opinion, while ignoring things that would support the opposing argument." is yet another personal attack. I remember a time where you advocating being nicer on Meta, I'm truly disappointed by your behaviour in this discussion. Please don't even bother responding to this, I'm sorry but I don't have any interest in wasting any more time with your crap. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 19:58 | comment | added | yannis Mod | @Rachel The vote tooltips reference research effort and usefulness. If you disagree that we should evaluate answers that way, that's a different matter entirely. As for the "research effort" section, I provided the links to show that there was an abundance of relevant information that were easily discoverable. That none of this information made it into the question tells me that there wasn't any actual research behind it. Also, for future reference I have absolutely no interest in learning why you downvoted a post of mine, unless you have actual arguments on the merits of the post. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 19:48 | comment | added | Rachel | I'm not interested in turning your answer into a debate though. I only wanted to make you aware of why I, and possibly others, downvoted your answer. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 19:48 | comment | added | Rachel | What I meant by "cherry-picking arguments that fit your situation" is that you already had an opinion formed on the question, and you went through the FAQ and site scope to pull out arguments that supported your opinion, while ignoring things that would support the opposing argument. In some cases, I felt you even altered them a bit so they would fit your argument. For example, I don't think we evaluate questions on just research effort and usefulness, and your "Research effort" has a bunch of links that discuss language syntax, not the reason behind picking one character over another. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 19:05 | comment | added | yannis Mod | @Rachel I have no interest in discussing with you what I'm supposed to do or not. If you have issues regarding my moderation feel free to contact Stack Exchange directly. Now, please elaborate on what you feel are "cherry-picking arguments that fit your situation". What situation is that? What arguments do you actually disagree with, and why do you disagree with them? | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 18:58 | comment | added | Rachel | @YannisRizos As a moderator, you're supposed to represent the community, not just yourself. That is why I object to you taking your own point of view, and cherry-picking arguments that fit your situation instead of taking a step back and looking at the issue objectively and fairly. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 18:48 | comment | added | yannis Mod | @Rachel How else can I approach the question if not from my own point of view? If you don't want to get into an argument, how about actually telling me which of my arguments you disagree with and why? Your comment reads more as a personal attack than constructive criticism on my answer. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 18:41 | comment | added | yannis Mod | @Ryathal In what way am I being overly critical? And I don't think the blog post is irrelevant, it's not specific to fun questions, it just presents them as extreme examples. The relevant part is at the end: "Popularity is a tough thing. I’m tempted to call it a curse, but what we try to do at Stack Exchange is make sure that questions and answers are popular for the right reasons — because they are amazing resources for learning from your peers." - That said, the link to the blog post is a very small part of my fairly long answer. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 18:40 | comment | added | Rachel | I don't want to get into an argument over this, but I wanted to let you know why I downvoted. I downvoted because I disagree with your logic, and the approach you are taking to this question. It seems like you are taking your own point of view and trying to find arguments that will make it seem reasonable. I don't have a problem with the question being closed, but I disagree with the way you are trying to make arguments fit your point of view, instead of taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture with an open mind. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 18:29 | comment | added | Ryathal | I think you are being overly critical of this question, also you link about popularity is irrelevant, that is discussing meme/jokes/comics and things of that nature, nothing like that is present in this question. | |
| Mar 16, 2012 at 17:48 | history | answered | yannisMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |