Stephanie wrote:
>
> I've been in close contact with the Topica people and I am satisfied
> that they have the list-owners best interests in mind.
All of them, every one? Impossible.
> About a year ago I started listing unsolicited lists.
Hmmm. I didn't know that.
> I was sure there'd be this big backlash, but in that time, I've had
> 2, perhaps 3 listowners ask me to remove the lists.
When I screwed up my MTA config file and left my machine open for
relaying. It was discovered and for 3 days, spam was pumped through
it until I noticed and shut down the relay. No one complained. I
guess that means it was OK for me to have an open relay? Again, this
"but only a few people complained directly to me" is not a good
justification, you have to use another argument.
> (And in fact, people are surprised
> to find I've removed their list after receiving no response to my
> queries for updates.)
Sure. I was. :-). But I'd never complain about it.
> My problem is not with people listing, but with people who refuse
> to remove or amend the information on request.
Why is that a problem? Just drop their lists. Especially now that
you list lists unsolicited, why do they have any obligation to update
on request?
> I get a lot of complaints about other people's archives.
That's the nature of the net. I get lots of complaints about other
people's recipes in web archive. "why don't you include nutritional
info for all the recipes" "why doesn't the email address work", "why
won't you do xyq". Etc. I just ignore them. They can ask, I don't
have to respond. Just like I didn't respond to your requests to
update my list info. If I'm later surprised you dropped me, that's
OK, that was your right. If it's important to me that I be listed, I
darn well better be willing to reply.
> What it boils down to IMO, if you're dealing with information that
> affects other people, then their needs should be taken into
> consideration. But like I told Cyndi, I can't read minds....
Also, I think that as soon as one accepts income (even if you don't
then make a positive profit) that you have even more obligation
regarding that information. And I say this as someone who now does
get income from my net activities, even if it's just a few dollars
from web advertising.
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Michelle Dick [EMAIL PROTECTED] East Palo Alto, CA
