All lovey-lovey... you're having to BEG for real feedback!
Well, I exclude myself from this generalization (althought the thread could be perceived that way, overall, I guess).
Personally I have to work hard not to be HYPER-critical about just every topic in life LOL (not just a website) :lol:. I think I am doing better with this, choosing my battles, as it were.
My comments in this thread are as is, that is, I am simply being honest. Believe me, when I see something to critique\flame I will:
Think twice
Then, if appropriate, let it rip in hopefully a constructive manner.
++ regarding the "niceness" of Daniweb: it is quite nice and everyone is generally polite and considerate, but, not naming names, there are a few moderators (see: 1-2) that are far beyond abrasive and are highly anti-social (not asocial), apparently hostile, and honestly bitter to deal with. I have no Earthly clue how and why they are still active and seemingly favored (see: they walk on water? Please :-|:rolleyes: ). Personally, I would have cut them after the second warning (if I indeed even had that much patience with them). These mods know who they are.
My girlfriend's 12-year old nephew lives on Myspace with his "peeps" :-| We monitor his site and social network and some of the crap we see from these little kids (especially the 11-year old girls)-- wow :eek: It's bizarre and hard to believe kids are like this nowadays. When I was 11-12 I was afraid of girl's :lol: not posting obscenities, rap lyrics about gang-banging, and being involved daily with what essentially come's down to a digital whorehouse for wannabe Britney Spears children. Sad. :sad: +, it's such a tacky site with ugly, overloaded pages rife with animations. I thought people realized how BAD so much animation made your page look and how much it overwhelms page loads. (well, I guess the average, non-techie has no idea about that or could even care.)
I first joined this site some months ago only seeking some basic help with a Python coding problem, but soon I became more, deeply interested after perusing the forums and seeing the sheer volume of quality posts in regards to so many tech areas. I am now dependent on Daniweb, not so much for tech help only, but the social climate is generally supportive, polite, and positive :) This is so incredibly important to any forum of any type.
As to both your jobs for Daniweb:
- Dani: the amount of work and care you put into your site\business is very impressive and it inspires me greatly as a programmer to keep perfecting my work and putting extreme amounts of time into what I do. You and I live in close proximity to one another and I see that we are both often up VERY late at night (or should I say very early mornings)on Daniweb; I assume you are tweaking the site-- that is dedicated and your site reflects this! (I, though, at this same hour am usually slacking off in Geek's Lounge LOL .)
Davey: from the little interaction I've had with Davey I note:
-Totally professional demeanor and interaction with members and member issues; he is friendly, funny, polite, succinct, creative, light-hearted (when appropriate), and a problem solver.
-Davey appears to strive for quality, not just filler material to poof up the site. In this sense he is a proper …
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