This article was originally posted November 20th, 2009 to my posterous.

This is an open comment to all the haters of the world who feel the need to bring people down with their unhelpful comments on blogs:

Knock it the f*** off.

I’m speaking almost exclusively about technical blog posts, writeups about software or programming, essentially anything nerd related.

Seriously, if someone takes the time to write an article detailing either their experience with a new technology, attempting to address common misconceptions about a certain programming or development practice, or simply expressing their opinions about how something ought to work, thank them for their time or leave them the hell alone.

I understand that technical discussions are a breeding ground for discouse.  A friend of mine who is currently taking an introductory computer science course commented to me that he does not enjoy it as much as his courses in the “hard sciences” due to the fact that there are so many ways to get the “right” answer.  I tried to explain to him that in terms of software development, the “right” way tends to be the most performant way, but there is always someone around who will disagree with your particular implementation.

Often times I come across a post containing interesting information of which I was previously unaware.  If I found the information to be helpful, I tend to leave a thank you note, in the hopes that the blogger will continue to do that they do, and provide more information that might add to my knowledge.  HOWEVER, if I come across a post that differs from my personal method of achieving a goal, I have never, not even once, felt the need to degrade or belittle another’s work just because I didn’t feel the same way.

Perhaps it’s my lack of heavy technical knowledge that keeps me out of these firefights, but I just don’t see the point in putting someone down just because you don’t agree with how they would handle a given situation.

If you don’t like it, don’t use it.  But don’t clog up their internet presence with your bitterness.  Go blog about your way.

Just a heads up, I’m moving DNS control for mikecrumm.net back in GoDaddy, so there may be some hiccups while that propagates.

No one cares, I just felt like posting something.