Shane, thank you for answering my other question. although I still disagree with your semantics involved in that I appreciate you taking time to respond.
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Originally Posted by imjustshane
The 'evidence' also puts me in the wrong country, Im not sure anyone cares enough but my location isnt exactly a secret and its certainly not Berlin and its not hard for a mod to check my IP.
In my opinion, this would be an example of "not straight-forward".
If you want to have a straight-forward discussion with your customers then you need to offer a bit more than, "it isnt exactly a secret."
You want somebody here to have to do detective-work to answer on your behalf? But all the while behaving in a pretty cheesy manner and blaming somebody here for assuming you are located in Berlin when they do actually look into that and uncover multiple pieces stating that.
And then you are all, "my outdated linkedin is hardly evidence of where I am located!"
You want the people here to look into it...while also berating them when they look in the wrong place.
Conclusion:
- Stop berating your customers
- Stop thinking it's fun when you give "hints" at something
Suggestion:
"No, I'm not in Berlin anymore actually. I used to be X there years ago. I haven't updated by LinkedIn location in awhile. Sorry for the confusion there. I should have just stated where I was instead of berating those of you when you were looking into it while, at the same time, instructing that you should be looking into it. Anyway, my location is ______________.
I should have just said that at the start and I apologize for not doing so. Bad judgment on my part and my evasiveness here ended up dragging out this aspect. Sometimes I kind of accidentally end up playing word-games with the community without realizing I am actually doing so. A byproduct of being too defensive too much of the time I guess. Again, I apologize and I will strive to do better."
Shane - Seriously, just apologize when you screw up or mislead the community or miscommunicate or whatever you want to call it. That alone would be a nice step.