Adults in age only.. I say there should be one or two people who police this list.
Being a tad more understanding and polite to people making a mistake wouldn't go astray either. On 05/04/2012, at 5:38 AM, John Buttimer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Jason. I like the thoughts, but it would take a lot more than that to > scare me off :D Plus to me watching so many people bicker over something so > trivial is kind of funny because I would wager most of them like myself are > adults. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Green <[email protected]> > To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 2:33 pm > Subject: Re: Rules of engagement > > Ray, > > I will point out that if 15 people hadn't felt the need to pile on with the > exact same comments, this discussion would have been over long ago. > > My intention was not to argue or create dissension or even to demand that > rules > be changed. It was simply to point out an opinion. If that is discourteous > and > cause for removal from the list, then this is not the place for me anyway, in > spite of the fact that I have spent about a decade here. > > To the rest of you, > You know what else is rude? Not taking 5 minutes to read through a thread to > see if the comment you want to make has already been made - in this case > about a > dozen times. > > Is it any wonder that new posters make one post and then are never heard from > again? God help them if they screw up a spoiler space or violate some other > list rule that is in the FAQ. They'll be subjected to an inbox full of > identical > replies pointing out what a dipshit they are. > > This is not the first time I've said this, but it bears repeating: this list > is > incredibly unfriendly to new members. John didn't know the rules and made a > simple mistake. Now, we've had a three day discussion on the value and > necessity > of spoilers, which will end with yet another new member run off, and perhaps > several more who will simply walk away with no fanfare. > > Do we really need 15 list cops in here? Especially ones who won't even take > the > time to read the other posts in the thread? Fact is, the very first "here's > why > we have spoilers" post was sufficient. But the next 10 just serve no useful > purpose, and make the posters look like assholes. > > Oh dear God, I just top posted this reply. Armageddon. > > Regards, > Jason > > > > > > > > On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:45 AM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Jason Green wrote: > > > >> I understand how easy it is. I'm simply stating that it's a bit silly. > >> > >> Do we REALLY need spoiler spaces when we're discussing a book that > >> > >> A) was published 30 years ago > >> > >> And > >> > >> B) was written by an author who is the focus of this list. > >> > >> My point is that this is a dedicated Feist email list, visited by > >> dedicated > fans. I make the assumption that they are dedicated because who the heck > looks > up, joins, and reads an email list about an author they don't already have a > deep appreciation of? I would guess that is a tiny minority of the readers > of > this list. > >> > >> "ahhhh!!!! Spoilers please! Not everyone has read Hamlet yet!" > >> > >> "but, this is an advanced class about Shakeapeare's most famous works" > >> > >> I'm not stating that I am rebelling against spoiler spaces. I'm simply > pointing out that it's silly. > >> > >> And it IS silly. > >> > > > > > > Let me stress this: > > > > Not everyone is the same age. We've had teenagers join this list who had > > just > read Magician for the first time. > > > > Not everyone has read every book. Faerie Tale came out 23 years ago and > > there > are people who haven't read the list. > > > > This is NOT a graduate seminar in "Feist Studies" which requires you've > > read > very book before you sit down. > > > > Got it? > > > > People have been asked for YEARS on this list to provide spoiler space when > any content is being discussed. If you're new to the list and you don't know > why, see the above. if you decide to argue, you're being discourteous. If > you > keep arguing, I'll ask you to leave the list. > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > > www.crydee.com > > > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
