Some People Can Be Mean Without Knowing It! I Can Be Mean, If Needed Be!
I've copy-pasted exchanges between 3 volunteer proofreaders of Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders ( PGDP ): myself (DYEROHM), LASERO, and MEREDITH. I've been doing volunteer proofreading works for Project Gutenberg for over 5 years now, mainly for Tagalog e-books. I was completely taken aback by the message sent to me by "LASERO" who sounded so contemptuous of my skills as a proofreader. He just sounded so mean to me; I only could just react, and reply with harshness myself. The saving grace though came from "MEREDITH" who sent me a message for another e-book project. "MEREDITH" was more specific, and sounded far from being judgmental. Consider reading the exchanges and judge for yourself. Consider also the context behind all these proofreading works the 3 of us are doing: we're all DOING purely volunteer work. We don't actually need to be put down, even for unintentional reasons. I just can't help but be mean to others myse...