Yes. It needs to stop. Now.
Right off the bat I will grant to you that, yes, some do expect too much from a technical preview and shouldn?t participate. This is always going to be an issue. In these cases, there are two best practices:
1) Ignore. There?s enough clear information out there. Let them discover it on their own.
If you must engage (ask yourself if you really need to):
2) Gently point out that it?s a technical preview, alpha, beta, etc. Move on.
Acceptable.
What is not acceptable is responding to every criticism of the current build, or the Insider?s program as a whole, with ?It?s a beta, dumbass.? It?s arrogant and patronizing. No purpose is served. And you know what? It?s makes the person with this attitude exactly the type of person they assumed they were berating: ignorant.
Many of the criticisms, and opinions, that are victims of this attitude are, in fact, valid.
Let me say that again:
Many of the criticisms, and opinions, that are victims of this attitude are, in fact, valid.
"It?s a beta, dumbass.? is not an intelligent rebuke. It?s a crutch used by the closed-minded.
Right off the bat I will grant to you that, yes, some do expect too much from a technical preview and shouldn?t participate. This is always going to be an issue. In these cases, there are two best practices:
1) Ignore. There?s enough clear information out there. Let them discover it on their own.
If you must engage (ask yourself if you really need to):
2) Gently point out that it?s a technical preview, alpha, beta, etc. Move on.
Acceptable.
What is not acceptable is responding to every criticism of the current build, or the Insider?s program as a whole, with ?It?s a beta, dumbass.? It?s arrogant and patronizing. No purpose is served. And you know what? It?s makes the person with this attitude exactly the type of person they assumed they were berating: ignorant.
Many of the criticisms, and opinions, that are victims of this attitude are, in fact, valid.
Let me say that again:
Many of the criticisms, and opinions, that are victims of this attitude are, in fact, valid.
"It?s a beta, dumbass.? is not an intelligent rebuke. It?s a crutch used by the closed-minded.