Now: SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (was Re: It's legal now)

[mk1mark at gmail.com (Mark F.)]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:19:58 -0800 (PST), Lars Bruchmann
<pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
> yes it should, and your 'Mr' should be 'Mr.'



Well my (and others') subtle hints haven't worked, so:

WTF!!!!!  WOULD YOU GUYS SHUT THE HELL
UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I don't know if I'm
speaking for anyone else here, but this constant babbling about
nothing related to Sciroccos, or even cars for that matter, is
diluting the list to the point where it's 99% noise...  EFUCKINGNUFF
ALREADY!!!

This email list has tolerated more off-topic stuff than most, and that
was a good thing - it made for interesting reading, and spawned and
fortified many friendships over the years.  BUT it's gotten way out of
hand...

Without naming names, I'm tired of seeing the same (very) small
handful of people dragging threads on and on without contributing a
single meaningful thing to it...  I think you guys are forgetting
there are HUNDREDS of people subscribed to this list, and no one wants
to see the same two or three people clogging their inboxes with
useless drivel, OVER and OVER and OVER again...   And it's not just
the odd thread this is happening to - lately, pretty much EVERY thread
has been hijacked long after the question has been answered, and
continues on and on with bullshit reply after bullshit reply...

It's hard to maintain a sense of "community" when the majority of
traffic mostly revolves around a small circle of people - ESPECIALLY
when the people in that circle have very little, if anything, to add
to the knowledge base of the list...  It's actually pretty amazing how
a few people can completely change the dynamic of an email list of
hundreds of people - in this case, for the worse...
 
I miss the vibrant, varied, and entertaining scirocco.org list of the
past - maybe it's gone forever, maybe it'll return - but hopefully I
can convince a *couple* people to think about the content of their
post before they hit 'Send'...  When you reply to a post will the
hundreds of people reading your reply find it informative, meaningful,
or at the very least entertaining or humorous?  If not, maybe you
should make your point OFF-LIST to that person...  I think the meaning
of "public forum" got lost on some of you, and the list has suffered
as a result...

I don't want to scare anyone off (especially newbies) from posting -
if you've got a question, answer, observation, or even a story about
cars/driving in general, great, post away!  That's what we're all here
for!  Even the odd friendly jab is alright...  BUT ease up on the one
sentence posts (usually top posted with the 39 previous replies
unsnipped below) that contribute NOTHING to the thread...  I can't be
the only one that's frustrated with this...

People are leaving the list (whether or not they announce it), and by
the looks of it many have receded into lurk-mode.  I think the present
"vibe" of the list isn't conducive to it's growth as the best source
of information and discussion of our beloved cars.  Sorry to rant like
this guys, but I don't want to sit idly by while the list I've grown
to love and look forward to reading every day degrades to the point
where I no longer want to be a part of it...

Mark.
75
80 S
81 Caddy
90 Audi Coupe Quattro - 10vt