@HerraBRE That started as a dig about how you always point out other people's age, but grown into a question about what's happened.

@yegortimoshenko Guess it would have helped to leave the digs out. There's a metaphor in here somewhere.. 🤔
@HerraBRE

@deutrino Well, I'm uncomfortable with referring to age when judging people. I've had a tough time getting anyone to take me and my software projects seriously when I was 16, and referring to Eugen as young and inexperienced doesn't help :-(

@yegortimoshenko It's relevant to the topic, which is skill at managing a complex software engineering project with competing stakeholders. Age is a factor. With over 15 years experience, I can assure you I was nowhere near as skillful about it when I started as I've gotten to be nowadays (there's still room for improvement of course). Perhaps @HerraBRE could have worded the idea differently, but Gargron's age crossed my mind in this context before as well.

@yegortimoshenko In other words, I think the comments were meant well, and it's another illustration of both how difficult it is to get that feeling across via text, and of how it's important that as users of text-based social media, it's best for everybody if we assume good faith until bad faith is clearly demonstrated. The #ForkOff issue could use a LOT more assumption of good faith IMO. @HerraBRE

@yegortimoshenko Well, when you want someone to do stuff for you , maybe skip the digs next time?

Here: It's just the usual complaints about Mastodon dev and Gargron.

But.. "always"? Really?

The only ages I talk about on a regular basis are my own - I am constantly surprised at how old I am - and my daughter's, because she is 2 and it is awesome.

But okay. I'll take care to not accidentally be an awful ageist tootfiend. I'm not seeing it, but eyesight does get worse with age... 👴

@HerraBRE Sorry for the dig, you are a great person (and thanks for Mailpile).