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Giles Bowkett has never shrunk from attacking others (like his blog post "Chad Fowler is a Vampire", which was a long personal attack against Chad Fowler that B
by mcantelon 16y ago
Giles Bowkett has never shrunk from attacking others (like his blog post "Chad Fowler is a Vampire", which was a long personal attack against Chad Fowler that Bowkett seems to have since deleted) so it doesn't seem that asshole-y to treat Bowkett as he treats others. I once participated in a thread in which Bowkett swore at and belittled a number of participants who criticized a blog post of his (he subsequently deleted his postings so the recipients wouldn't be able to respond).
- zedshaw 16y agoYou get what you give. I tried for a long time being nice and gentle online and I've found that there's a class of hackers who act like bullies anyway. They'll slander you, try to ruin your job prospects, lie about your personal life, everything you can imagine. Seen it first hand done to myself and to others and it's stupid. It's ridiculous, but it seems the best way to keep this in check is to be kind to the gentle people, and totally destroy the haters. Also, it's pretty fun tearing into these guys because they're usually pretty bad at their rants. :-)