On 27 Nov 2001, at 13:36, Chuq Von Rospach wrote: > Intersting answers on the off-topic stuff. I already see a clear dichotomy > on the responses. > > How we handle it depends on whether we see the list as topic-focussed or > community-focussed. Are others noticing that?
Well, I thought I was about the only person who commented on being tolerant and I now see that I misinterpreted teh question. Theres offtopic and **OOFFFFTTOOPPIICC**. when I said that I tend to give the OT folk a break, I was only referring to baby-offtopic, not mega-offtopic. In case I was misinterpreted, I *hate* the wildly OT submissions, whether flagged with an 'OT' or not. I don't care if it is Raining in Boise or that you had your grandkids over for thansgiving...but... I can give an example of the kind of OT that I am kindly toward (and not just because it was me..:o)) -- you can reflect [if you remember my thread or two I started about about this] whether you were outraged at my temerity for 'polluting' l-m or not). No one complained and I didn't sense any outrage: I asked here a question or two about spam and dealing with it. I prefaced my messages with the acknowledgment that it was OT for list-managers but I knew you folks were both knowledgable about, and generally passionate about, spam. I could have gone to a spam-discussion forum, gone through the dance to join the forum and be a reasonable participant, then asked my question and disappeared... but gee, asking here didn't seem like a capital crime... I guess I may have underestimated just how vitriolic some of you can be about this kind of thing.... /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
