[NFBCS] Learn Computer skills that will take you well in to the job market

[chaltain at gmail.com]

My take is similar but a bit different.

First, I found the subject line and the fact that it was a YouTube link to
be enough information for me to determine if I wanted to click on the link
or not. How much information is sufficient when someone provides in an email
about a link they're offering is kind of subjective. I agree the more
information the better, but I'm not going to tell someone how much time and
effort they should put into a post when providing a link. If there isn't
enough information then I'll just hit the delete key instead of following
the link. If someone wants more people to follow the link then they'll put
more effort into their email.

Second, two wrongs don't make a right. Just as someone can hit the delete
key instead of criticizing someone for not putting enough information in an
email, someone can also take the high road and choose to not respond with an
incendiary response that's just going to lead to a flame war and unnecessary
traffic.

--
Christopher (AKA CJ)
Chaltain at Gmail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 11:22 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>;
> tyler at tysdomain.com
> Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Learn Computer skills that will take you well in to
the job
> market
> 
> 	hello Gabe.  In general, it is a bad idea to send a message with
just a
> subject containing only a list of links for people to click on as the body
of that
> message to a list like this.  Security issues aside, the courteous thing
to do is to
> include some explanatory text explaining how it is that these links will
be helpful
> or why you found them useful.  And, if these links point to your own
company,
> which I assume they do based on your followup e-mail to Tyler, the
courteous
> thing to do is to explain in the e-mail that these are links from yourself
and you
> thought the general community might be useful.
> 	Tyler's comments about security and not clicking on unidentified
links
> are not out of line when messages like this come through.  Your defensive
> responses to his single message  are in the sense that they are out of
proportion
> to the response you got.  In short, yyou don't need to be so defensive
and, in
> fact, your defensiveness, itself, is inappropriate in this context.  If
you truly want
> us to pay attention to these links, explain what they are, why you think
they
> might be useful or helpful, and, if they are productions of your business,
tell us.
> If you are a tech professional, as you claim to be, then you know that
just
> clicking on random links in unexplained messages is a bad idea, regardless
of the
> source of said messages.  Not everyone on this list knows who you are or
how
> you interact with the NFB or ACB, including me, so give us the benefit of
the
> doubt and tell us about these links you're sending and who you are.
> 	Finally, giving Tyler a dressing down on a public mailing list is,
well, bad
> form, and from what I've seen go by this morning, completely out of line.
I
> don't know about your prior histories, but you don't need to talk about
them,
> true or false, on this list.  If you're having an issue with Tyler, work
it out with
> him privately off this list.
> 
> -thanks
> -Brian
> 
> 
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