Oh, guess I should have read that more carefully. I'd still run it that way. :) Although, after being a member for a long time now, it really doesn't matter as much to me anymore. I just delete the message when it comes though. When I first joined, I wanted to chastise these people for trying to take advantage of the intent of the system.
I get annoyed at freeloaders in general. I am not a big fan of handouts. You get what you work for. Ray Deanna Schneider wrote: > Now, hold on there..... I didn't say it was a dictatorship. My problem > is that for the most part, I don't _care enough_ to get all riled up. > If someone asks for a house, so be it. If someone sends an email to a > poster that says, "get a job" said poster should get a thicker skin > and use the delete key. > > Of course, I am overruled by my fellow mods, and all sorts of "You > will be put on moderation!" warnings get sent out. I'm a very hands > off mod, for the most part. I send little reminders to individuals > that do stupid shit (posting in all caps, asking for the same thing > three times in one day, etc.) But, I've yet to give a moderation > threat. > > > On 7/5/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Oh yea, we get some crazy ones too. Like a "house or some land to build >>on". WTF? >> >>If I ran this thing, I'd be like Deanna. It would be a dictatorship. >>But, then again, I guess that is why I ain't running one myself! :) >> >>Matthew Small wrote: >> >>>People really do ask for some dumb stuff. >>> >>>Wanted: boat >>> >>>I'm just sayin... a boat? Me too. I think I'll ask for a free cruise to >>>Acapulco while I'm at it. >>> >>> >>>Matthew Small >>>Web Developer >>>American City Business Journals >>>704-973-1045 >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:48 PM >>>To: CF-Community >>>Subject: Re: thank you freecycle! >>> >>>People get mad at me when they ask for silly things like an orange >>>peeler (those pencil looking things), and I send them to eBay where they >>>can buy a pack of 10 for 38 cents. I got a similar response: "I can't >>>afford THAT, that why I am asking for one for free!". >>> >>>38 cents? please! And shipping was less than a buck, too. >>> >>>Deanna Schneider wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I'm a mod on our freecycle group, too. We've got about 3500 members >>>>and get between 100 and 300 messages a day. It's interesting to see >>>>what gets everyone's undies in a bunch around here. Man, some people >>>>are uptight! >>>> >>>>But, mostly it's a pretty easy job. I don't want to be promoted to >>>>owner, though. I'm not as...um....diplomatic as I would need to be to >>>>be an owner. I've already thoroughly pissed one person off for >>>>reminding her not to reply to the whole list. Apparently, I was >>>>completely degrading by saying, "Please remember to reply only to the >>>>poster, and not to the whole list." (Of course she would NEVER do it >>>>on PURPOSE what kind of IDIOT do I think she is?) >>>> >>>> >>>>On 7/2/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>W00t! Way to go! >>>>>So - since I joined our local county group - I was ask to help moderate >>>>>for a while - and now I've been promoted to owner! W00t! >>>>> >>>>>We've got around 650 members too. Freecycle is awesome! >>>>> >>>>>No more feeling guilty about throwing things out too... When I cleaned >>>>>recently I got rid of a bunch of stuff I just really didn't need AND I >>>>>found new homes for our old cell phones. >>>>> >>>>>Cheers, >>>>>Erika >>>>> >>>>>##| -----Original Message----- >>>>>##| From: Ray Champagne >>>>>##| >>>>>##| Sweet, just picked me up a snowblower! No more >>>>>##| backbreaking shoveling >>>>>##| this winter. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162849 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
