I find it amazing that the compulsive posters utterly fail to recognize the banality of their posts and the fact that most of us just don't give a sh*t about who said what when and who's the hypocrit now.
--- wayback71 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "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 > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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