1 to post a message a week after an original post of their contradicting
their original post and denying that they ever posted the first message
:P
> A lesson in Posting...
>
> How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?
>
> 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has
> been changed
>
> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and
> how the light bulb could have been changed differently
>
> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
>
> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
> changing light bulbs
>
> 53 to flame the spell checkers
>
> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
>
> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
>
> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
>
> 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper
> term is "lamp"
>
> 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and
> that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
>
> 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are
> in violation of their "acceptable use policy"
>
> 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
> please take this discussion to a lightbulb group
>
> 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic
> forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be
> stopped
>
> 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use
> light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group
>
> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is
> superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of
> light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are
> faulty
>
> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light
> bulbs
>
> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then
> post the corrected URL's
>
> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are
> relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to
> this group
>
> 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
> including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
>
> 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because
> they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
>
> 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"
>
> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
>
> 44 to ask what is a "FAQ"
>
> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
>
> 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
> questions about light bulbs"
>
> 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
> now and start it all over again....
>
>
>
> --
> Deanna Schneider
> UWEX-Cooperative Extension
> Interactive Media Developer
>
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