>>Well, I wish to be able to smile on this. I can't. I just can't stop crying. Perhaps I'm taking all of this too emotionally.
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>Naomi,
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>You are giving the twit filter thing too much power over you. If someone has twitted you with their filter it is their problem that caused them to feel they needed to twit you and not yours. Obviously you are a very sensitive person, but you do need to grow a thicker skin.
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>I've been banging around these fora for quite a while (long before there was a UT). Developers can be a very opinionated bunch of folks. Some folks have a more open mind than others it terms of what they are willing to read and deal with and what they are not willing to do that with. I can recall only ever twitting one person (when I was PUTM) and that was because I got tired of reading their questions that were obviously answered right in the help file but they were too lazy to look the stuff up. It got to a point for me that I was irritated when I saw their questions so I twitted them. Well, I think is was about two days before I saw a reply to that person from someone else and was disappointed that I hadn't seen the original message so I untwitted them and never twitted anyone since.
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>As to your situation, I would think of it this way ...
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>My contributions can be of a number of different types
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>1) they have no effect on anyone
>2) everyone loves them all (not likely)
>3) everyone hates them all (also not likely)
>4) they have some substance and some folks don't like them (very likely)
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>I hope most of my posts fall into group 4 because that is where I am saying something worth saying. If my contributions fall into group 4 it is very possible that someone who doesn't like my position or opinion may twit me. Oh well, it is their loss not mine.
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>Keep in mind also that we have very few real friends and many acquaintances. We often get to feel quite close to the folks we talk to here but that doesn't make them "friends". I would worry over losing a friend but not worry over being twitted by someone.
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>I think you need to drop this issue and move on. The more you focus on it the more upset you will get and it is NOT worth your emotional energy.
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>If you thought this person was your friend, you were wrong. If you thought this person was simply an acquaintance then what's the big deal? An acquaintance that decides they don't want to hear what you have to say is certainly not worth your tears.
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>Also, this thread has certainly shown you that there is a very large number of folks here who to do care about what you have to say, so I would say that you are winning today with a ratio of XXX:1 in favor of you.
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>I guess I am saying chalk this person up as a twit and move on. If they don't want to hear what you have to say, you should not care if they ever do.

Thanks, Jim. I try my best to put it off my head.