"+1" is a lot less noise than this whole etiquette thread. From previous experience: listen to a song you like. Read a book that cheers you. Just let it ride. Otherwise you'll burn much more bandwidth complaining than was burned in the original post.
That's what happened with me anyway. I made so much noise about a post that I didn't like that I'll spend a long time regretting my griping. Better to live and let live. Think about it: how many bytes have I wasted saying this? A *lot* more than "+1." :) Casey On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:54 PM, David Barbour <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Joel Healy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave, I did not realize that you owned this topic. I wasn't even aware that > you started this topic. If I infringed on your intellectual property rights, > I apologize. > > I have offered no pretense of owning the topic, and now I feel insulted by > your strawman apologies. > > I would object to someone littering in my city's streets. That doesn't > require I own the streets, only that I use them. > > If nobody else had followed your example, I would have said nothing. But > three people saying `+1` indicates a noisy, unproductive pattern that should > be discouraged, much like spam or chain letters. > > > As far as moving my comment to a new topic, that just doesn't seem reasonable > to me. Starting a new topic with "I agree with what Sean said in another > topic" seems to me to be a poor organizational structure. > > I'm not asking you to behave foolishly. > > Instead start another topic with a dedicated subject-line and something like: > "Sean, in this other topic, suggests we record all VPRI outreach events. > <BLOCKQUOTE>. I agree and would like to see what can be done to achieve > this." If you are fishing for agreement, you could indicate "Please add your > voice..." > > > If I violated some list etiquette by expressing my opinion as +1, I do > sincerely apologize. Perhaps my opinion is of no value. I doubt that I will > offer any in the future, so there is no need to chastise me further. > > Your opinion may be valuable. But `+1` is not very valuable, at least not on > this forum. On a mailing list `+1` is just noise, whereas community-moderated > fora (like Stack Exchange or Slash Dot) offer some mechanism to express > exactly this. > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:32 PM, David Barbour <[email protected]> wrote: > `+1`? Really? I seriously do not appreciate having my mail spammed in this > manner. > > If you're offering an opinion on the article, try to say something specific > and relevant to those who might have skimmed it. Which parts interested you? > > If you're referring to Sean's comment for recording the outreach events, > please consider moving it to another topic. > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Julian Leviston <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > On 09/11/2011, at 6:30 AM, Kevin Driedger wrote: > >> +1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> ]{evin ])riedger >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Joel Healy <[email protected]> wrote: >> +1 >> >> Joel Healy >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:49 AM, DeNigris Sean <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Nov 7, 2011, at 6:08 PM, karl ramberg wrote: >> > http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2011004_steps11.pdf >> >> It's so exciting to watch the project come along. I can't wait to eventually >> play with it! >> >> With every annual report, I think what a shame it is that there are so many >> talks given about it (~20 this year) and so few (~3) are recorded. Given the >> vital importance of this project, and all the work that must go into >> preparing the talks, it seems like a great waste to share this knowledge >> with only the few academics who happen to be at the various conferences. I >> attend about 6 conferences a year and still feel like I'm missing all the >> fun. Why doesn't VPRI just take the bull by the horns and record them even >> if the conferences don't? Consumer video equipment is so good now, it >> probably wouldn't cost anything but a few conversations - even an iPhone >> video could work! >> >> Sean >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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