Don't mistake the recent activity for how the list really is. The access to Ray alone is worth reading a hundred silly exchanges like the one I prompted today. It's a great list, tons of great contributors. Some times we bicker like old married couples, that's all.
Sorry if the formatting on my email is strange. My phone is misbehaving. On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Todd Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > As one of the new members of this List (joining roughly a month ago) i've > been quite disappointed in the total lack of actual decent (and Feist related > conversation). > > Rather than talk about the interesting and marvelous world that Ray has > created, most discussions so far have revolved around small book mistakes, or > like this thread about one person making a simple mistake and the bombardment > of what can nearly be described as bully emails. > > I also feel the comments made about this list being unwlecoming are true, > especially if this is the response one can expect if making a mistake, or > forgetting a rule. > > I joined this list thinking that i'd meet people of a like mind who enjoyed > the books and would like to talk/reminisce about the older books in relation > to the newer ones. Perhaps i was mistaken or misunderstood what this list was > for. > > Therefore if anyone would like to talk about these things please feel free to > inbox me. > > As Ray pointed out, everyone likes to add there 2 cents, so there is mine. > > Rgs, > > Todd > > Subject: RE: [Maybe Spam] Re: Rules of engagement > Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:29:29 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I’m a lurker and about two years ago I made a spoiler mistake and got hit by > about ten people about spoilers and a few just adding comments like “ This > won’t be pretty, here come the spoiler police.” And I left the list for a few > weeks. So I agree with Jason. We know the reasons why some people haven’t > read some of the books but I’m sure a lot of people when they come on the > list can’t conceive why any fan wouldn’t have already read all the books and > should be given a little bit of grace. > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mopok Addy > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 3:07 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: [Maybe Spam] Re: Rules of engagement > > > > 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: > >
