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That last comment you've pointed out was partially referring to the PHP haters and their bandwagon jumping. Thanks for taking it out of context to make it look worse than it was!

complaining so much is not going to increase his opinion of you.

You really think he's gonna read all of my posts on the matter? He won't. The idea is to get his attention just once so he can fix it, and leaving it alone definitely isn't going to make that happen.

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It's not much better in context, though (I will admit that I did not look at the context, however). You could just have easily made the same point by saying "the insular nature of many communities and focus on karma (or whatever arbitrary measurement is used) can lead to ignoring arguments despite the validity and usefulness of those arguments" without insulting anyone.

And yes, he won't read all your posts. However, these posts are not helping in catching his attention (at least not compared to emailing him, which is an actual effective thing to do).

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