--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Rick booted indifferent_netizen, who seems to have been Ravi. It appears that Ravi is subscribed under another ID, and by using the hide email address option and constantly changing Yahoo aliases, he can post as he pleases and not get booted off. That's the price of Rick configuring FFL for anonymous posting.
Having just scrolled in Message View through the list of 86 posts made since I logged out last night, and having not found a single one that I felt like clicking on to read, I've gotta respond to Alex's drive-by with a hearty "I told you so." The problem is not anonymous posting; the problem is using this place as a forum for ego-wars and petty squabbles, and mistaking them for intelligent conversation. 825 posts since midnight Friday, and over half of them fall into the above category, posted by only a handful of people. This handful have by now established enough of a "track record" that I feel safe in ignoring anything they have to say for the rest of the incarnation. The old posting limits may have been a pain for you, Alex, but they kept this place *somewhat* readable and worth visiting. I have to say it's gone past that point now. I scan the list of posts and the only names I'm even tempted to click on are anartaxius and s3raphita and Bhairitu and merudanda and steve.sundur and occasionally emptybill and cardemaister. Doc occasionally posts something interesting and non-"Look At Me" these days but it's difficult to tell from the first few words in Message View so I usually give his posts a pass just to be sure. Share seems to have two qualities her tormentors do not -- range and an ability to feel positive emotion -- but to be honest most of the things she's interested in I'm not, so I often skip her posts, too. MichaelJ and Edg are occasionally funny, so I sometimes give their posts a shot. I *understand* that the old posting limits were a pain for you, Alex, and I don't blame you in the least for wanting them gone. But I DO have to point out that what many warned of as the consequence of getting rid of them seems to have come to pass, in spades. There are essentially NO new posters; who would *want* to come here, given what the place has degenerated into? Some of the old voices have moved on as well, possibly partially because of Neo, but my bet is they don't see anything here worth participating in, either. I guess in a way I should be thankful, because my "reading" of Fairfield Life now takes less than five minutes a day. That suits me just fine, because I actually have a life, and things to do. Sad though, that so few could have been allowed to ruin a place that was formerly enjoyed by many...
