Coal Rivalry

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All the things Coal said, running through my head.

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Comments

Re: Actual Coal (or, what were they thinking)

[(Anonymous)]

You meant? As in, you're astrokath?

I think you need to stop digging. You seem to have good intentions but you went in with an overly optimistic idea of how you, personally, could fix the problem, which I think you're now seeing is not realistic. The problem is not this person's relationship to grammar and technology, which is clearly unusual, but what they believe to be an acceptable gift, and "You are refusing to meet a minimum standard, so stop it," is a message that should come from the mods, not you.

If you really want to help as a beta reader, please volunteer in places and at times where beta readers are actually requested. Betas are not that thick on the ground. If you want to help, help.

Re: Actual Coal (or, what were they thinking)

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, alas. And you're right, the optimism is a flaw. It's been interesting to see the point the offer got us to though - we do now have a clearer picture of (some of) what has been happening behind the scenes, where the points of failure are, and how much is deliberate vs. oblivious. I also agree that none of this is my remit and am indeed backing off.

re: beta reading, I do volunteer for that and have been helping.

Re: Actual Coal (or, what were they thinking)

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

re: beta reading, I do volunteer for that and have been helping.

Sincerely, thanks.

Re: Actual Coal (or, what were they thinking)

[(Anonymous)]

DC

I appreciate that they tried. It went about as well as I expected, but still.