I bet I can find at least 100 frickin' messages a week whining about
slightly OT postings. This biweekly cycle of:
1. Good postings, littered with a few topics that I am not so interested
in, followed by
2. One or two OT posts that really seem to get SOMEONE's panties in a
bunch, followed by
3. A good week of one or more threads whining, bitching and people being
babies about said OT Posts, followed by
4. The list admin getting involved, coinciding with an occasional post like
this one, followed by
5. The list "shutting down" creatively because now everyone is hesistant to
post anything but dead-on topics
is totally frickin' OLD, people. But perhaps that is the "biorhythm" of a
moderately active list. I don't know.
Get a decent email client, filter and DON'T READ the OT posts, and deal with
it. Or go start your own list. Some of us list veterans are getting tired
of this crap.
M
-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Cravens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:04 AM
To: Fusebox
Subject: Re: OT: (was RE: arguments **against** fusebox)
Alan,
I really do agree with you. However, as a busy professional, I really
don't have time to sift through 50-100 emails per day. So I do what I
can. It's a waste of everyone's time to read "Yes I agree" as a reply
or blatant personal opinion as a totally OT response to an OT thread.
Just my $0.02.
--
Billy Cravens
HR Web Development, Sabre
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"McCollough, Alan" wrote:
>
> okay now y'all get two cents worth...
>
> Over the last couple of weeks, this list has been BORING! Too many folks
> took the "No OT:" thing to heart; or they took it too literally.
>
> I'll say that you can divide the partcicipants (I don't care about the
> lurkers or leeches) of this list into two categories:
>
> A.) Folks who want this list to resemble a library. Shhhhhh! Be quiet!
> People are trying to study!
>
> or....
>
> B.) Folks who want the list to appear like a mix between a mosh pit and
the
> floor of the New York Stock Exchange!
>
> Me, I'm definately for option B ! Even though plenty of topics veer off
> course, the energy generated keeps folks thinking creatively. Sure some of
> the topics are wacky, some are way OT, some are merely tech questions that
> could be asked on any CF forum, and some are, well, obscene. I'm for
> deleting the obscene ones, but anything else goes! Ya gotta embrace the
> chaos, baby!
>
> Alan McCollough
> Web Programmer
> Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> Alaska Native Medical Center
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Billy Cravens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:47 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: Re: OT: (was RE: arguments **against** fusebox)
> >
> > I think his complaints were about the endless ranting about the CFDJ,
> > journalism ethics, and conflicts of interest. Definitely cf-community
> > would be a better source for this thread.
> >
> > Not that this is different from any other list I've ever been on: I've
> > found most people don't stop and think "Is this REALLY within the scope
> > of this list?" before they hit the reply key on something they disagree
> > (or even agree) with.
> >
> > -Billy
> > {redacted}
>
>
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