Noise levels increasing and have become deafening

From: Bill Richman <bill_r_at_inetnebr.com>
Date: Tue Oct 27 15:40:49 1998

Coming from someone with a 24-line signature, ragging other people about
appropriate mailing list behavior strikes me as just a bit hypocritical.
Every time 1 or 2 people make noise about "noise" on the list, Sam jumps on
his "This list needs a moderator and I'm the man for the job" soapbox and
everybody grumbles about leaving until he settles down; I don't really see
the point. Judging by the relatively small number of complaints, I'd have
to guess that most of the users (myself included) don't have a problem with
the way the list is operating. I typically read the mail from this list in
batches, as I have time; I use Forte Agent, and have a rule set up to sort
messages from "classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu" into a seperate folder, just
like I do the other mailing lists I'm on. That way, I don't have to wade
through list messages to find my personal e-mail. I guess I'm with Max - if
you want an encyclopedia, get one. I prefer to deal with my on-line friends
and neighbors as whole people, not chopped up according to arbitrary
criteria and stuffed into neat little pigeonholes just to keep a few
anal-retentive people happy...

>
>If you want to talk about classic computing items posted to eBay, fine.
>Z-80? That is absolutely on-topic. But, if you want to engage in a
>seemingly endless public debate on the merits of the modern educational
>system...I'm sorry. That simply is _not_ appropriate. Either is
>gunsmithing, lathe building, snipers, or Star Trek theory.
>
>When this list is functioning as it should, I find it to be an incredible
>resource. I only hope it can continue to be that. Perhaps it is time to
>elect a moderator...
>

                                        Bill Richman
                                        incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
                                        (Home of the COSMAC Elf
                                         microcomputer simulator!)
Received on Tue Oct 27 1998 - 15:40:49 GMT