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  • My point is not about seperation, but about conscent.

    If you come to me at work and ask “Can I tell you something work unrelated, that might interest you?” then I have the option to choose.

    Maybe at the moment I am stressed, or doing some heavy mental lifting and don’t want any distractions - then I can decline and not be force educated on some topic.

    Maybe on another day I have a free mind and not much to do - then I can accept and listen to it and potentially find it interesting and worthwhile to try out.

    An email leaves no such choise and thus the message could be not only unwanted but also anniying.

    I’d say in general, suggestions only work, when the other party is receptive to it and may do the opposite if they are unwillingly shoved down the recipients brain.


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    6 months ago

    I am the last person to have anything against libre software, but if I’d see that preachy line in a work email I’d roll my eyes and groan.

    I don’t mean to be rude or shut down your idea, but I think recommendations like these need to be appropriate to the situation for them to have any effect - instead of being blasted per email at the “wrong time”.

    I feel like a generic work email, especially if the topic is not even related to software, is the “wrong time”, because I’d hate spending my work attention on somebody’s oppinion (even if I agree with the opinion) and I can’t see that it is not work related until I have read it and understood the meaning. Which would be quite an anniying situation for me personally.

    Cheers!