It seems a little redundant to prevent new members from sending private messages to other new members, unless I guess a lot of people were just using CBoard as another form of email (you know, sign up here and you get 10,000 messages!).
I don't think I've ever gotten a spam private message.
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>> I don't think I've ever gotten a spam private message.
Perhaps because of that rule?
I have received spam PMs on other boards.
well ... so those who do not reply my PM (just to say a polite no) value their time a lot!
sorry ... but i have to disagree!
in the same time i notice them posting the same old stuff (that they might have done hundreds of time) like:
indent! indent!
conio.h is poisonous!!
you post your attempt!!!
we don't do homeworks!!!!
etc. etc.
that is why, when they do not reply, i consider them "arrogant" & "rude"
Here's a message you sent to me last week:Originally Posted by manav
I did not see the point of replying since it was obvious that I was looking at your profile at some point, and that you looked at my profile. You may need to use better conversational starters if you want to have a conversation with me... or just use the forum and have a public conversation like we all do.
EDIT:
Oh, and speaking of "arrogant and rude", I felt that your question was confrontational, like "why are you looking at my profile?"
Last edited by laserlight; 04-16-2008 at 10:57 PM.
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you know i was just curious, and in all the sense of the word, plain curious, i was talking about how to know if somebody's has seen/is seeing your profile etc. and i noticed you were looking at a profile page, it was just a guess of mine (100% unsure), that, you might be looking at my profile, just a guess, i PMed you to check my assumption, and your reply in Yes would not be more good than your reply in No would be bad.
i mean it would not hurt either way, but, just a confirm of gut feeling! which would work for me if you just sent a plain reply saying either:
"yes"
OR
"no"
now ... i am sorry, but this is just plain rude behavior, i guess
the time spent on message likewell ... so those who do not reply my PM (just to say a polite no) value their time a lot!
sorry ... but i have to disagree!
in the same time i notice them posting the same old stuff (that they might have done hundreds of time) like:
indent! indent!
conio.h is poisonous!!
you post your attempt!!!
we don't do homeworks!!!!
etc. etc.
that is why, when they do not reply, i consider them "arrogant" & "rude"
indent! indent!
conio.h is poisonous!!
you post your attempt!!!
we don't do homeworks!!!!
is time spent a lot better than time spent on message
"no I do not chat" - that nobody benefits from it
So I think It makes your rude to a lot of novices that could learn something (but they haven't) from the message that they miss to receive due to your insistence to be answered to any of your PMs
You feel you value more than any other member here?
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
but hey! you can clearly feel the annoyance and frustrations of members while posting such messages to newbies! right? they get disturbed, annoyed, angry!! but still reply! now if my PM also annoyed them, then, just send me a reply, saying so!
sorry, i may not remember, but, did i also PM you?
no i do not feel anybody should value me more (i do not even want to be valued at all)! but general human nature suggests that (actually general animal nature also suggests this), that you normally respond to others actions on you. i annoyed you? abuse me! i made you angry? kick me! i disturbed you? warn me!
I thought we are humans here? And have overrun the primary animal reactions to the environment... But If you like to be kicked in the ass:actually general animal nature
Yes, I feel very stupid now that I have answered your PM ealier, because I have learned how rude you are.
You do not even remeber I have answered you... That adds another point of rudeness to your behavior here.
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
of course i said that this is human nature to react, also, i mentioned that it is so natural, that, even animals do it!
please do not feel bad that i forgot if i PMed you or not, i have more than 50 sent PMs in my BOX, so it's quite natural that i may forget, actually if it helps any better, then, let me tell you, that i chat with a person on this board, and usually i have to ask something again, which i had already asked before, do not feel bad, i am a little absent minded, at times!Yes, I feel very stupid now that I have answered your PM ealier, because I have learned how rude you are.
You do not even remeber I have answered you... That adds another point of rudeness to your behavior here.
This has got way out of hand. Too many veiled and not-so-veiled insults, no productivity. Learn to accept that other people have different views of what's rude and what's not, and remember: never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity or laziness.
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
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