(06-11-2010 08:04 PM)MattF Wrote: (06-11-2010 04:18 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: and I'm sure many in his position would like to be able to express their views publicly and so on.
Wishing to express ones true opinion and the necessity to temper it due to circumstance don't always go hand in hand. The lead Dev shouldn't be calling people jerks? on the forum. His position is to lead by example, hence he should maintain a certain decorum, no matter how tempting it may be to do otherwise, on occasion. To put it simply, if one cannot control oneself on the community forum, what type of impression does it give as to how well placed they are to control the community and the project as a whole? Not a good one.
Calling people jerks is very professional, what the hell are you talking about? Don't you call people jerks on a professional environment? /sarcasm