Example 1:
If you have a question and somebody answers it to you with care, it is fair to follow up with a courtesy "Thank you" or some sign of gratitude. If you don't give any such sign, you gradually discourage anybody to provide you with an answer or any help. It's not vengeful or bitter, it's simply that it begins to feel worthless. You reduce the value of collaboration on a human level. I'm not judging, but telling you the consequences. The example is here, where I read a question I find interesting to answer and then even follow up with making a little example, which was fun for me, but I did it for you...did anybody go as far as saying "thanks" just once, or "I understand now", which I would've counted as a sign of gratitude? Nope.
Example 2:
You are a dev, who knows exactly what he's doing and you decide to share an experiment of yours- that works well enough- with everyone for free. You should expect great gratitude and happiness out there, which you're likely to get, too. When ever U-he decides to share something for free, many people explode for love and gratitude, for example. As such a dev you really didn't need to give it out for free, thus it is your courtesy and you deserve such a response.
Example 3:
You are a dev, but you know next to nothing about what you're doing just yet. You give out a free synth as an experiment with the "masses", which is a bold move and puts you in a very different position. Now it is on you to thank all those, who test it for you and it requires your attention and participation to show that you truly care. If anybody decides to thank you first, they show good behavior and a wonderful attitude, but at this point the balance is still off. You still owe them your thanks. This is my current position, this is exactly where I am right now myself as a "fresh" dev and I'm super excited and grateful about anybody, who dares try my synth. I love it, when they do behave like friendly, good people, who understand the value of humans, who dedicate passionately their time, energy and offering of accumulated life-time experience (regardless the amount or quality). Yet, I couldn't possibly demand it from them nor blame them for being frustrated, if things don't work. It is truly my very own fault and I gave it out so that they help me learn.
We live in a twisted, flipping world of socially retarded, blind and angry people, raised by nothing but distrust, corruption and subsequent selfishness, neither of which is actually really in the character of most. It's the result of growing up in a mutilated society, gradually weened off of human connection and true loving values. In the pit of our heart, we all want to love each other. I know, this goes way off topic, but it's such a collection of neatly compacted, perfect reasons to write all this in this thread. It's difficult not to be a hypocrite in such times, because one gets bombarded with bad examples non-stop, when it comes to gratitude. Just go through the posts. People create stuff directly for everyone, little clips, presets, but here's the list of people, who managed to say "thanks":
bjporter (first person to thank you is the person we all should thank... pfff, man, you're a teacher!)
zarf (the only one, thanking brainzistor for giving a helpful reply to his question)
RuediRena (thanking paree in advance for checking into an issue and- god forbid- ONE MORE time for then later having tested it.)
bjporter + Frostline (for ere2learn, sharing a link to midiPolyphony)
wagtunes (thanking BJ for an information)
bjporter (thanking me for some affirmation)
These are all the people in this months thread thus far, who have managed to show gratitude in a response. Everybody who gave information and even created content counts as wonderfully courteous, of course, but that's not what I'm examining here. Thank you
! It's just a study on how we all interact with each other and how much we respect really simple aspects of human communication and connection.You may think that it goes without saying, but it really doesn't, because very soon that which you don't say, you even forget to think and feel. And soon enough we loose the urge to help each other and everything will be driven by nothing but blind selfishness. We'll become like bacteria of sorts, haha...
Now I shall ponder just how flipping insane it was of me to write all this here, hmmm... ...I thought it, so...there you have it!
