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----- Original Message ----- From: Chris To: Duyahn Walker Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 4:40 PM Subject: Re: I wasn't trying to start anything Duyahn, I am truly sorry that you took this as a statement of you doing something offensive or personally horrendous. I wrote and rewrote and went on for many more words than really necessary specifically to avoid that impression. I have participated in and have moderated lists for nearly 30 years, going back to the days of the old dialup bullitin boards. In all that time, I have never once encountered a situation where a user could request the ending of an ontopic discussion. That said, such a request is not offensive or horrible or in any way means the person who may be fed up with the topic is bad or irresponsible or anything else negative. In general, the appropriate response to such a request from most moderators or from one or more list members on an unmoderated list, which this list is,, is to simply point out that the subject is on topic. That is all I was trying to do. II blathered on because I truly do respect your contributions to the list, as I do that of the majority of the me mbership, in fact generally I’ve found that you are one of the members I agree with more often than not. This is simple fact not some attempt to placate. If I was just trying to play nice, I would be posting this publicly and would continue on and on. I am in absolute agreement about people needing to change subject lines as the topic shifts and I am in absolute agreement that people should keep off topic chatter out of such discussions as much as possible, but if anyone could just shut down something on topic that they aren’t interested in or have no more interest in following any longer, a whole lot of topics would go away quickly and the list might as well not be there. As I pointed out I am truly tired of deleting posts about Socialize as I have zero interest in the topic, but what would it mean for the list if I could post a request to drop Socialize disccusion and list members felt they should comply? That was the one point I was trying to make and I repeatedly stated that I was not stating that you were being offensive or anything else bad. You didn’t mean anything personally negative and neither did I. Regards and apologies for any unintended insult, Chris From: Duyahn Walker Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: I wasn't trying to start anything It seems that everybody is up in arms on how the message I sent was either personally offensive, or damning in some way fashion, or form. And it was just a simple request. I have seen other lists and if someone asks that the subject be changed, it is. The list monitors have no problem with this on other lists. But, of course, there rules are different then the GWMicro list rules. I wasn't trying to take over for anyone who runs this list. If it seemed that way, I am very sorry about this or how this came across. To the GWMicro staff, keep up the good work and I hope this list gets stronger with great ideas for Window eyes and other products that come out in the future. Again, I am sorry if it seemed like I was trying to act like one of the monitor's of this list. Duyahn If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
