Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Wow, I think that was a little uncalled for. Isn't the policy though to
label OT and TAN in the subject header?
Regardless, your comments are totally out of line in what a list is
supposed to be. Is there something wrong with people who subscribe to a
list, but don't post? I'm on a number of lists that I hardly ever post
to, but I find them valuable. But your attitude towards this guy is
outrageous.
I think when some of you guys go off on tangents, you need to label them
with OT or TAN. Most all the other lists I subscribe to do this.
Every applicable post has had Sibelius in the subject line. Is that
really OT, since most of them were comparing how Sibelius did something
with how Finale does something? If Finale is discussed in the message
or the thread, how can it be OT or TAN?
Having people who don't participate in a regular way all of a sudden
chirp up and say "I don't like the way this conversation is going,
change it please so I can learn more about Finale" does nothing to
change the conversation. It's like standing around at a cocktail party,
saying nothing but listening to everything and saying "I'm bored with
your conversation, change it please." Try it face to face and see the
reaction you'd get.
It also show that the complainer thinks this list is provided for people
to just monitor and get what they can from it without responding and
helping others, as if there were a core of Finale power users who are
somehow paid to sit around and discuss how to use the program.
People, the way to change the conversation on an e-mail list isn't to
complain about it -- ASK A QUESTION!
Wanna get the thread back to some area of Finale that you want help
with, ASK ABOUT IT!
Complaining does nothing, although all members of this list are as free
to complain about things, just as free as others are to complain about
the complaints.
But rather than attacking anybody, if you want a conversation to change
direction, do it yourself.
There have been several interesting questions posed which are generating
answers, all have been questions about Finale, not complaints about the
way threads have gone recently.
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David H. Bailey
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