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Old 12-04-2010, 10:08 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Exer View Post
That is sort of the attitude I think ends up hurting the community. I used to be a die hard Sony fan. I remember once, long ago, making some sort of comment to the effect of, "Why would I want a device with a cheap plastic body, when I have this nice metal 505?"

I wasn't trying to provoke anyone, or cause trouble. It was just my honest observation. I couldn't understand why I'd want to "downgrade" the quality of my product. I thought the Kindle looked cheap and clunky, and the Sony looked sleek and well manufactured. I really thought that the Sony line was superior in every way to the Kindle. If I had been attacked and called a Troll for saying something like that -- or if I had been unwelcome to even enter the Kindle forums without first owning the device -- I would have never stuck around long enough to realize just how amazing of a device the Kindle really is.

Sometimes people say things simply because they are ignorant of the situation and the facts at hand. Calling a spade a spade isn't always as clear cut as it may at first seem, and jumping to conclusions about a person could end up chasing away someone would might end up surprising you in the long run.
this is over the 1984 debacle. how many times do I have to say that? the



TROLLS


that come into every "should I get a Kindle, can they see my stuff?" jump in with; "that one time (at band camp) they took 1984 off of everyone's Kindle!!!!". they learned their lesson the hard way. it will never happen again, not like that.

I am pointing my finger at troll like behaviour over THAT. the comments have NOTHING to do with functionality, use, fit or anything else.


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So a troll is someone that makes a reference to something that happened that you don't want people to know about? Someone was worried about what Amazon could do to their Kindle, he had a right to know what Amazon has done to people's Kindles in the past.

And you must be some sort of super computer hacker to know what devices people own.
ok, fine you say you have a paperback as your device so apparently you do not even own an e-reader, or if you do you are ashamed to promote it. regardless, if you do not OWN the device being discussed, learn all you want about it, but do not presume to tell others if it is a good fit for them or not
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