Pretty scary indictment. Some self reflection required here perhaps? Sent from my iPad
On 5/04/2012, at 9:12 PM, Tunç MART <[email protected]> wrote: > Todd, > As noone else has written it, I thought I should write. This list is > really old, going some 15 years or something ( John or Rip can > probably show you the first email ever sent on the list <g>) The thing > is, much of what you would like to talk about now have been talked > before, and to be honest we have some people on the list who has no > job but to point out that this is Off topic, there is a spoiler > warning missing or something else. I think we are being a bit over > protective here, as a simple search on Raymond Feist on google will > probably bring all kinds of spoilers to you. And in order to reach > this list, you must do that search, right? Not many people get to know > this list via friends, many of us find it on internet by random > search. > > I also second to one comment which was saying there are way too > irrelevant comments on some subjects, some of the members seem to use > this list as like a forum or their chatbox, while almost every other > comment made by newbies are subject to bullying. In the end, we don't > talk much in the list.. > > > And going back to lurking, > Tunç > >> 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 >> ________________________________ >> > -- > >
