1. Can't remember ever agreeing to a "don't spam a mailing list with off-topic crap" rule before joining this mailing list. "Netiquette" is not an argument. 2. Why do people constantly whine about off-topic posts? The subject line hasn't changed since day 1, so I don't see a reason why you can't just ignore the messages... unless you're on a 56k link and it hurts to download each and every message, in which case I have nothing to say to you. 3. There is no "Jeopardy-style quoting" in forums... the system is different. You can always access the archives. Mailing list archives either don't exist or are not easily searchable. 4. Take it where? 5. It's "ad nauseam". If you're going to use Latin phrases for whining, spell them correctly.
~~ Ondra On 25.02.08 5:43 Uhr, Dave Reid wrote:
It's funny how so many people can break the rule of "Don't spam a mailing list with off-topic crap" in order to argue about something which has been argued ad nauseum in every other forum imaginable. Please, take this thread as an example of why there is no point in writing those messages. If there is a top-posting bug in software from Valve, then post away. Otherwise, take it elsewhere.
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