The more you feed the energy creature, the more likely it is that Rick will be convinced to reinstate the posting limits.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, > doesn't it? > > No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak > games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the > moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your > sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the > roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much > notices you. > > Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in > a small pond. A really, really special fish. > > PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Switch forums then, you control freak. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I will not "vote" one way or another on this, but I > > > do think that many people here are missing out on > > > the opportunity for creativity and improved writing > > > offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be > > > seen as a "gag order," except by those who by now > > > most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a > > > chance to step back and THINK before typing, and > > > especially before pressing that SEND button. > > > > > > On another forum I once haunted, they too were > > > afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't > > > or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or > > > ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much > > > intelligent thought going on, either. > > > > > > So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was > > > unenforced, but the posters there, being actual > > > spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs > > > like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook > > > it for the fun of it, and the challenge. > > > > > > There was, in fact, a "posting limit." For a period > > > of two months, everyone on the forum was limited > > > to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the > > > form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no > > > less. > > > > > > And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, > > > and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and > > > humor. To this day (years later) many people on this > > > forum still follow the "One haiku per day" rule, > > > because they came to like it so much. > > > > > > OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of > > > our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku > > > if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But > > > like Maharishi's "heaven on earth" it's a pleasant > > > fiction to imagine, even for a moment... > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: > > > > > > > > I fully agree Bill in Buffalo > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > > > dhamiltony2k5@ writes: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 <WLeed3@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol > > > > > > > > Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the > > > > low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed > > > > in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible > > > > abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and > > > > exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was > > > > limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit > > > > to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed > > > > limit of 35 posts per week. > > > > -Buck > > > > > >
