I agree & disagree. I saw one person for sure (Sean) that I will miss answers from. I'm not going to begin naming other names, but others are of lesser import. The answer to your first statement, though, is that there is a plain-text only option. But it's like abandoning a great product after one bug or a great person after one mistake (and this wasn't necessarily a mistake). That never makes sense to me.
Unsubscribing is their way to express their displeasure. I understand that. That's their choice. I just don't agree. As far as I can tell 98% of the people whom I consider most important on the list with regards to quality answers (including you, Jochem) are still here. And my comments on Sean's blog (which I posted here) were somewhat based on what he said and on other posted comments, and somewhat out of context here, which I apologize for. Some of the comments & his post really made me fairly upset. They seemed to drop to the personal level, forgetting the valuable resource here (the lists) and the valuable person running them. Josh > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:06 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: What happened to my digest? > > > Josh Remus wrote: > > > > This all sounds like some sort of Judas-like betrayal, honestly. > > Considering how much those lists are used & how much value they hold > > & how much time Michael spends working on them, I'm just rather > > surprised. > > People invest time into answering questions on this list too. If the > community profits less from that investment in time (because it takes > more time to answer less questions will be answered), wouldn't it be > better for the community if those people offered their advise through > a medium they feel comfortable with? > > > > I don't care if it's plain-text or html. I know the HOF site's > > unsubscribe/options pages are difficult. It's your choice to > > unsubscribe, and personally I think everyone else on the lists is > > BETTER OFF now. Jeesh. > > Quite the contrary. Most people that unsubscribed where the people > that offered some of the best answers. And the real value of a > mailinglist is not the volume of posters or posts, but in the quality > of the answers. > > Jochem > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX 6.1, now 2.5 times faster. http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/upgrade/jump/introducing.html?trackingid=ColdFusion_468x60g_HouseofFusion_carat_082803 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138518 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
