"Cyper space" - LOL.
---- ATOMICSILVER <atomicsil...@gmail.com> wrote: ============= Please do us a favour - do not return - too boring, too rude and nothing to contribute - thanks On 24/02/2010, at 4:15, John E. Stevens wrote: > Hey, mike; > > Please do me a favor. Dissolve me into cyper space from your > silverlist of clowns. Brooks Bradley is the only person who has > anything to say that is meaningful, but I know most of what he's > been talking about anyway. I haven't learned anything from your "We- > We" community-life in the time I've been on your list and I'm on > other health lists that are much more beneficial than this one. But > then, again, I've been involved with alternative health for 35 > years. You folks are dangerous to newbies and even experienced > others in giving some un-backed info out - that you read somewhere - > and not from experience. Thanks, it's been fun tantalizing all of > you. Have a great life and stay fat... > > John > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:03 AM, M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been asked if I'd post a reminder on a couple if list etiquette > items that are being neglected lately. I agree that it's appropriate. > > Trimming text: > > When you hit reply and then type a few lines of text at the top, > please > realize that the WHOLE POST you're responding to is quoted in yours, > along with several more previous messages in many cases! It's there, > even if you don't see it in the editing window! Just hit down-arrow a > few dozen times and you'll realize just how ridiculously wasteful your > message is! > > Please delete all but the relevant parts of the post you're replying > to, leaving enough so your readers have context for your remarks. > > Thanks! > > The other matter is one of noise level. > > People ask questions, others give answers. We get the occasional > heads- > up on political or regulatory issues. Folks post their experiences or > report on what they're doing or things they've found. All of that is > content that is appropriate for what we're here to do. > > One liners saying "Thank you!" "Great post!" or "Me too!" and variants > thereof... add very little to the discussion, yet often account for a > large fraction of daily message volume. > > Now, I fully understand that our mommas all taught us to be polite. > It's just good manners to be thankful and say so... I'll make two > suggestions: > > Send it privately to the one person for whom it really matters to know > you are grateful. > > Or, collect up the names of those who've responded to you and send > 'batch' thank-yous to the list that acknowledge several at once. > > When you hit reply, the list address will be in the To: or Addressee: > field of your message editor by default. You're going to have to > manually cut and paste the oringal author's address there, unless > you're lucky and your mail editor gives you the chance to choose other > options. > > Now, these are only guidelines, so you won't be breaking any rules if > you forget, and I don't want to hear any apologies out there, either! > > Just, as we go forward, please ask yourself if the message you're > about > to send falls into one of these catagories and consider re-addressing > it or not sending it this time. And trim your text, too! > > Thank you! > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > ATOMICSILVER atomicsil...@gmail.com www.atomicsilver.info
