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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8410362" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>With regard to engagement in <em>this</em> thread:</p><p></p><p>It's good that Michael is trying to engage the community, but the short, evasive responses are not doing TSR(3) any favors. They come across as defensive; they stoke anger instead of defusing it. And blocking people? Really?</p><p></p><p>Most of ENWorld is very unhappy with TSR(3) right now. It is not easy to win over people who are currently mad at you. To do so, you have to start from the position that their reasons for being mad at you are valid, acknowledge them, and address them. If you can't or don't want to do that, you aren't going to win anyone over, and you're just wasting everyone's time to try.</p><p></p><p>Above all, you can't go in with a mindset that you're going to defend your past actions. Those are the actions that made people mad at you in the first place.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I'm not really expecting my comments above--or anyone else's--to result in anything productive from TSR(3). And I don't much care; even if they hadn't burned every bridge under the sun, I doubt I'd be interested in buying what they're selling. It's more about the thought exercise of "What <em>should</em> a company in this position do?" and working out my own ideas on the subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8410362, member: 58197"] With regard to engagement in [I]this[/I] thread: It's good that Michael is trying to engage the community, but the short, evasive responses are not doing TSR(3) any favors. They come across as defensive; they stoke anger instead of defusing it. And blocking people? Really? Most of ENWorld is very unhappy with TSR(3) right now. It is not easy to win over people who are currently mad at you. To do so, you have to start from the position that their reasons for being mad at you are valid, acknowledge them, and address them. If you can't or don't want to do that, you aren't going to win anyone over, and you're just wasting everyone's time to try. Above all, you can't go in with a mindset that you're going to defend your past actions. Those are the actions that made people mad at you in the first place. Yeah, I'm not really expecting my comments above--or anyone else's--to result in anything productive from TSR(3). And I don't much care; even if they hadn't burned every bridge under the sun, I doubt I'd be interested in buying what they're selling. It's more about the thought exercise of "What [I]should[/I] a company in this position do?" and working out my own ideas on the subject. [/QUOTE]
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