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Originally Posted by Rachel Lim

I try to post the same way I'd talk in person.

Originally Posted by Karthik

Don't use distance/anonymity as a shield.

Not to counter, but to amplify: when posting online, especially on a site such as CD where your post is likely to be read by third parties, and not just this week, but as a result of a search, it is helpful to provide context with your post, especially if it is not already in the thread. For example:

Originally Posted by WithContext

A stack of six totes with an RC weights about 56 pounds, so you'll want a lower gear ratio if you're planning full stacks; between friction and wanting to get up to speed quickly, we designed ours for 100 pounds.

Originally Posted by NoContext

If you don't have 100 pounds of lift, you won't get far in this game.

So here, you have told both the OP and readers in 2020 why you thought 100 pounds was a good design lift. This is necessary in order to make intelligent use of the information; perhaps OP was only making three-stacks, or perhaps was planning to build and lift two stacks at the same time. For the next game requiring a lift, the load may be less than one pound (an inner tube, pool noodle, or small ball) or rather heavier (a mobile goal or a robot). OBTW, it is far easier to read rudeness into the second post than the first.


And also, back to the main topic:

Originally Posted by Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often.

This is one of the nice things about posting on line. If you are in doubt, use the Preview Post button. Walk away. Come back and re-read it. Edit it. Remember that the reader cannot hear the inflection in your voice (though you may be able to simulate it with an emoji). Repeat until you either delete it or decide that it's worthy to post.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I red dotted Foster's post, and I'd do it again to another individual who posted in the same fashion.

I'll confess here that I'm the one who proposed a highlight post:

Originally Posted by foster

do some research before you post and look like an idiot.

Note that Foster did not say that the poster was an idiot, but that by making uninformed inflammatory statements, poster looked like an idiot. While that particular sentence would have been more appropriate in a PM than a post, it was spot-on. I recommended it as a spotlight post not to call out the poster, but because it is a bit of wisdom that people should see every once in a while.

I do not give rep very often (12 times so far, all positive), but if I were giving negative rep for that exchange, it would be for ignorantly defaming our generous sponsors rather than correcting the score with a bit of stern advice calling Foster, Kate Pilotte, and by extension, the good folks at AndyMark a pack of liars. (If #2 means anything else, it's poorly written, indeed!) IMO, calling someone a liar (especially without evidence) is far ruder than anything Foster did in defense.