Hello,
Without trying to sound rude, can some of you people get a life? I mean
geez! If two messages in a thread are in ANYWAY off-topic, then we have a
few people constantly complaining.
The bottom line is that there will always be off-topic messages. Also,
this messagelist history has shown that almost every off-topic thread has
stopped within 2 days.
So if an off-topic thread pops up, please bite your tongue for a day or
two and let the thread run it's course.
Thank you,
David
>
> at the temporal coordinates: 1/3/02 11:52 AM, the entity known as doppler at
> doppler_at_mac.com conveyed the following:
>
>> Eric L. Strobel [fyzycyst_at_home.com] wrote the following 2002-01-02 17.52:
>>
>>>> 4. list maestros AND list members, please do not hesitate to moderate the
>>>> list more actively in those matters. i know it is a weired request to
>>>> involve the list members also, since list maestros are the only one that
>>>> should moderate, but in this case, i believe it is good if we all do what
>>>> we
>>>> can to diminish the heavy mail burden of today.
>>>
>>> Ummm... You do realize, don't you, that this invites an additional flood of
>>> replies to off-topic threads. Replies along the lines of "Hey, take it
>>> off-list...", which are themselves off-topic and therefore 'noise' on the
>>> list. This happens now, and sometimes it's more annoying than the original
>>> off-topic thread.
>>
>> i know this one was a bit controversial, but still everyone can send a
>> "moderating" mail off-list to the culprit, right? ;-D
>
> Ahhh, but if folks were in the habit of being conscious about sending things
> off-list, this whole thread would never have come up! Nice little Catch-22,
> isn't it? ;-)
>
> - Eric.
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