Subj : In this list? (NET4)
To   : deon
From : David Gonzalez
Date : Mon Oct 21 2024 05:31 pm


   Hello deon!

22 Oct 24 08:55, you wrote to me:

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

 de> 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.

 de> I dont agree with this sentiment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Still in the look out, many of the things can be automated, helping other cannot IMHO.

 de> ...лоеп
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David


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