For those who have joined FFL within the past year, FFL has always had ups and downs, wild posters, characters flaring up, overposters etc -They stay for a few months, seem to recover, continue on at FFL or leave and drop in again from time to time. But this current situation has settled into what appears to be a compulsion. Maybe this is the sitatuion most chat groups are going to find as time passes. Since this is a community, then setting some limits is one option. Setting limits should help make things here more reasonable for everyone and give overposters some structure within which to function. Who is going to do this, however? Rick is busy and has a very full life, and I do not know if he agrees with the principle behind this idea. He might want to let FFL remains as a looser spot without these types of limits. That is another option, just continue as is and do your own filtering out of overposters. The downside of that is that FFL won't be getting as many new people to sign on in the future, however because looking at a typical page of 30 posts isnot too inviting anymore. If it comes to a vote, I vote to set limits. 300 to 400 posts per month is enough for anyone to contribute in one forum-
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and > > > > saying that they are going to change or that they care about or > > > > understand what the FFL community has said to them, in fairly > > > > gentle and kind terms. > > > > > > In fact, Sparaig has treated the whole subject > > > as if it were a joke, > > > > Indeed. > > > > [...] > > > > > I think we have to assume that neither of them > > > thinks that their level of posting IS excessive. > > > > > > Therefore they're not going to change. > > > > [a rather large number of lines snipt] > > > > Correct. > > In that case, I revise my proposal, because > with this reply it's clear that the two of > them have decided that they are in a confront- > ational relationship with Fairfield Life, and > have every intention of keeping things that way. > > So far this month, the more that people have > nicely tried to tell them that they're posting > too often, and inappropriately, the *more* they > post, and the more *inappropriately* they post. > > It's 'way past time for being nice. Judy and > Lawson have made it clear that they're not > going to *respond* to nice. > > So boot them out altogether, and boot me out to > keep things fair, and to make up for me having > stupidly brought them here. > > Cut all three of us off for a period of several > months (for example, until the beginning of 2007), > and give Fairfield Life a chance to "find its own > level" and return to some semblance of "normal," > without any of the three of us present. I don't > think Shemp will be a problem if we're not here. > > Given Sparaig's reply and the incredibly adolescent > hostility behind it, and given Judy's failure to > acknowledge that the number of her posts and the > tone of them is even an *issue*, I think there is > no other alternative. Neither of these people is > going to either self-correct or "play nice" with > any imposed restriction on their posts. > > Again, I *apologize* for having mentioned this > group on AMT a year ago. If I hadn't you wouldn't > have been faced with this alien infestation. And > as in "Aliens," I honestly think that at this point > your only choice is to take off and nuke the whole > planet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. > > > Consider this post my vote for this drastic > solution, and my agreement to abide by it without > the least bit of fuss. If you agree, follow up on > this thread and submit your own vote. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
