[icingdeath88]

Originally Posted by 'E'

You can't have ideas and not have them challenged

Yea but there is a respectful way of challenging someone. But I think what got to him was the constant challenging of his ideas, almost nitpicking even, where he had to spend a lot of time defending his ideas and not a lot of time making progress. I can see how that might get frustrating. People like to play "gotcha" too, when someone makes a little mistake, and that can get annoying real fast.

But Tony's following rule #1 of internet forums: If it stops being fun, stop going there.

The flip side is that if you want people to stick around and talk to you, you have to make sure they're enjoying the conversation as much as you are. Text doesn't always convey tone/emotions very well, so you should always try to keep your side of the conversation nice and clear, so it can't be taken the wrong way. It's how people act toward strangers in real life, so it should be how you act with strangers on the internet.

Tony has a blog somewhere, right? I hope he starts/keeps posting his projects there. Because we are definitely worse off for his having left.