>> "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."
>> "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
I am, of course, talking about the occasional article that makes noise outside NYC. I'm nowhere near NYC. I have never really noticed which "section" a story in the NYT or Bloomberg is in when it finds its way to me. If it had stayed local, I obviously wouldn't have anything to say about it since I never would have seen it.
That was not a rant, much less one about "the media." That was a gentle rib at New York City media's tendency to self-aggrandize and spill outside in a way that isn't self-aware. I buy all my camera and computer stuff from a little corner shop in NYC and wouldn't mind visiting some day, so this is all in good fun.
