Subj : In this list? (NET4)
To   : David Gonzalez
From : deon
Date : Tue Oct 22 2024 08:55 am

  Re: In this list? (NET4)
  By: David Gonzalez to apam on Mon Oct 21 2024 07:23 am

Howdy,

 > True, and as I stated before, not even HUBs are welcoming anymore, now
 > everybody wants "automation", what for?, so thay tehy don't have to deal
 > with questions or help newcomers?. anyways as you said, it's a two-way
 > street, carelesss people and grumy old a-holes, sorry about that but I had
 > to get it off my chest.

I dont agree with this sentiment.

Apart from the fact that I'm a hub myself, I also work with many other folks who run hubs - and I most of them have always been helpful and have pride in running their hub - ensuring that it is doing what the folks who use it expect.

Why the automation - I've written clrghouz with a lot of automation, and you might be a victim of some of that. Why? For me, its for two reasons:

* To identify and notify configuration problems and let the sysop know so that can fix it - especially when those config problems might be affecting their interaction on the net (like messages not being delivered).

* I'm a Dad, an Employee, a Husband, a Nerd, a Developer and somewhere in those hours I provide a Hub service to sysops who want to be a part of this hobby.

I like to run a clean ship, and doing so requires a lot of mundane repetative tasks - which sometimes also results in errors that affects users of the hub. This tech was "designed" 50 years ago and we have learnt a lot since then.

So automation helps alot - and the developer side of me likes creating it.

But back to your original comment though, yes, there are people in this hobby who are not helpful, unfriendly, disrespectful, etc - and I can list a few. But I dont need them, and its rare that I interact with them, and I have the "next" key at my disposal.

So forget about the unfriendly people and interact with the rest, you'll find t his a more enjoyable place.


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