My spam monitor catches all the multiple posts because I don't get them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Top Posters" for October
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: >> > >> > Total posts: 4672 >> > >> > shempmcgurk -- 541 (11.6%) >> > sparaig -- 533 (11.4%) >> > authfriend -- 482 (10.3%) >> > new.morning -- 265 (5.7%) >> > off_world_beings -- 253 (5.4%) >> > turquoiseb -- 218 (4.7%) >> > >> > Again, the "top three" account for a third >> > of all posts. And again, they'll take no >> > notice of this. So far in November, they >> > account for 47% of all posts made. >> >> What's the harm? > > No one is suggesting that these three don't post. > However, quite a few people here have commented > on the effect that their *lack of self control* > in posting has had on the newsgroup. > > Imagine being a newbie, drawn to FFL by the blurb > on the home page, and trying to read through it > yesterday and today. What you would find is a > group that *appears* to be dominated by three > rather vociferous and harsh people. Their posts > constitute almost half of everything you could > read on the forum. They seem to do nothing but > argue (or, to be kind, they seem to do nothing > but argue in 80% of their posts). And they argue, > for the most part, about subjects that have little > or nothing to do with the subjects that attracted > you as a newbie to the group in the first place. > > Would you be moved to give such a group a second try? > > To me, the issue is a social one. Quite a few people > here have tried, in one way or another to *get through* > to these three and tell them that their lack of self > control and tendency to dominate the forum by regularly > posting twice to six times as much as the other regular > posters is not appreciated. People have asked them > politely to cut down. Others have suggested giving > them an enforced "time out." Still others have stopped > reading them entirely. > > BUT (and this is the important thing IMO), *at no > point* in all of this has any of the three ever given > the impression that they *hear* what the other members > of their community are saying to them. Shemp actually > treats it as a joke, and continues to make posts that > seem to have *no other function* but to provoke the > other two, and cause them to post even more. Sparaig > reacts to posts like mine that point out his habits > by *posting even more*. And although Judy *has* cut > down a little from her highs of a few months ago, > whenever the subject comes up she reacts by claim- > ing that people (me, in particular) are trying to > silence or censor her. > > I think I speak for many people here in saying that > all we're asking is for these three to CATCH A > FUCKIN' CLUE and realize that what they are doing > is socially unacceptable. > > A CHILD would have heard the feedback they'd received > from their peers by this time and made some attempt > to change their unaccpetable behavior. Why haven't > these three? > > > > > > > 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 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/
