He's not the only one. A few things make me grumpy too, like pronouncing rules as "stupid" when you first discover they even exist in the first place. This list has been around for a very long time. In internet time, it's positively ancient. Every rule we have exists for a very specific reason. It didn't pop out of the random rule generator.
The people who tend to enforce the rules have been here a long time themselves and are very familiar with them. Some of us even participated in the thread(s) that caused said rules to be created (guilty). No, knowledge of the rules is not a secret handshake, they're posted at www.crydee.com (a site that's frequently mentioned). There are a couple different pages with useful information. Finally, continuing the thread to get the point across to any particularly thick neophyte isn't the irony you assume it to be. There's a reason this list is so old, and the rules are a big part of that. We like our little corner of the internet and have no interest in seeing someone who arbitrarily decides rules are stupid come along and screw it up. Follow the rules, and all is well. As you can see we have a diverse community, some of whom are actually fun and interesting. We do get to talk to the author of our favorite books and the on-topic stuff is quite interesting in it's own right. And sometimes REF brings up other interesting off-topic stuff (which, as the list focus, is his right). All that said, Welcome to the list neasie. Bret On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Denise Partleton <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm quite new on here, and i love the irony of an elongated and at times > hostile discussion of the the 'off topic' rule which was finally wapped up > by the enfocer with the discussion of a mutal friend. > > Brilliant.... > > > neasie >
