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Re: Now: SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (was Re: It's legal now)
TB has nailed it.
larry
sandiego16v
Lars.
I am one of those people he didn't name. If not fully, I am certainly
borderline, my apologies List.
But Lars, you have singled yourself out, and I take you to task in the
game we like to call: 'Whack-a-Mole'. (The point being that it's the
mole who pops out of his hole that gets whacked.) Nothing personal,
you're just a handy example.
But really this is for Everyone. (Think Gary Oldman in 'The
Professional'.)
OK,
- Top Posting. (I could go on but it stands on it's own.) This'll become
a Holy War so lets just move along, shall we?
<http://www.google.com/search?q=netiquette>
- Not editing/snipping the rest of the thread.
Besides the laborious trouble it becomes to keep the threads tidy there
are people who subscribe to the list in Digest mode. One email each day
with EVERY post smashed together. Lets think about what our unedited
posts look like to them.
- One line replies(a) They almost get lost in these long, unedited
replies.
- One Line Replies(b) And they sometimes hold very, very, little
Content. And a lot of the time I'm not even funny.
- Interpersonal Chattiness and Thread Drift. Like the List Nazi said (It
was _his_ turn to be the LN), we often get to acting like it's a party
line, and take the conversation off into LaLa Land. Pity the newbie who
must often feel like the 1st day at High School and doesn't fit in with
the Cool Kids and doesn't have the personal & institutional memory to
get the In-Jokes. And can't get much help with the given problem.
I've been around since the Second Wave (ooh, bad analogy) since around
18 months after the list went live. I have seen em come and seen em go,
sitting here by the Stage Door. Lots of them have bitterly vented as
they beat feet towards the door that it was too much noise to signal and
to hell with that.
We have done better, we can be great again. Every so often we need, and
get, a hipcheck into the boards. Don't take it personal. In fact Don't
Respond- that would be a great follow up. Think about it awhile. Do the
right thing as you see fit, keep your eyes and ears open and mouth
(fingers) shut and be a good example to the next guy.
TBerk
It's going to be Hard, but Hard is Good.
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