Thanks, Steve and it's always wonderful to see how the addition of just one more balanced poster can make FFL feel well, more balanced and beneficial. I hope you'll be able and willing to return here even more frequently.
________________________________ From: Steve Sundur <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reasons why Neo might be timely Yes, I noticed that you did seem to be following the routine you describe below. Which is the same routine I think most follow here. And I guess I don't typically find too much to comment on either and tend to be a low volume poster unless I am engaged in a one on one with someone. What keeps me coming back? Really just a means to relax and hear different points of view about things. Among my favorites are Edg, Curtis, (when he participates), You, Share, Emily, BP, Ann, Alex, Obba. But also Judy, Doc, Xeno, Bhairitu, Irantea, MJ, and everyone else for that matter. ________________________________ From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 7:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reasons why Neo might be timely --- In [email protected], Steve Sundur <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > Ahem. "Egoic aversion" is *your* take on what I said, > > not what I said. I asked for reasons why I or anyone > > else would *want* to stick around, asking in particular > > for EXAMPLES to support that stance. > > So many of your posts are about what a "low vibe" place > this is. So at some point the more obvious question is, > why you continue to post? > In the past you've said you stick around because of the > occasional worthwhile banter from those you still find > interesting. So why not just join in when you find > something of interest, and lose all the whining? And > for the record, I think Curtis would agree with this > assessment. For the record, that IS my approach, and has been the last three weeks. What I guess I'm complaining about is that more often than not these days I make a full scan of posts on FFL in Message View and find nothing worth replying to. Since that is unlikely to change, you may be correct that it's "whining" to comment on it. I just thought I'd give people a chance to point to concrete EXAMPLES of what *they* consider good posts. So far, only one person has done so, and even that was mixed with ad hominem. I agree that Susan's post was good, and that most of hers are. I also feel that many of Salyavin's posts are worth reading and (if I'm interested in the content, which is not always) worth replying to. Same with some of emptybill's and merudanda's posts, and some of Xeno's and compost1uk's. I like many of bhairitu's posts, possibly because I'm interested in the content. I appreciate some of mjackson's and iranitea's posts, but not all. And of course azgrey's and Curtis', on the rare occasions when they do a drive-by. Some posters I am ambivalent about because I'm rarely inter- ested in the things they're interested in (like Card and Buck). With most of the others, I've found that not bothering to read anything but the first few words of their posts in Message View doesn't seem to have impacted my life negatively. To the contrary, it feels (as Alex said) "lighter," as if I'd stopped bothering to listen to what bag ladies I pass on the street are screaming about. :-) If any of those people feel offended by being put in the "We're not worthy" group, they are free to post a few EXAMPLES of why they don't belong there. If they don't, or can't, I don't see any reason to assign them to any other group, or to treat what they have to say here any differently. YMMV.
