Absolutely. I had to ask :) My thanks for the responses. And that is a great point John. Cautions are only that, nothing personal.
Out of curiosity, can you speak to how many subscribers, active participants there are currently? Jerry On Fri, May 7, 2021, 1:39 AM John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > Hello Jerry, > > Since you asked... > > Vintage laptop computing with the Model T and similar laptops is the > focus. Discussions veer off it's usually ok. But just keep in mind people > get turned off if it gets too off topic and noisy for too long. > > No swearing, no overtly political or religious or anti-religion stuff, > excessive or persistent negativity towards other list members, > pot-stirring, flame wars, long metadiscussions about the rules (they happen > but keep them short), off-topic threads that go to long, overposting of > ebay links. The occasional link of a rare item is fine but we all know what > ebay is and where to find it. > > That kind of thing > > Image attachments are OK, but we limit the size for rural folks on lower > bandwidth connections. > If it fits under the limit, it's fine, but links always work. > > For all, if I warn you about etiquette please just take it as that as a > warning there is not nor will there every be a complete list of rules > anywhere... we play it by ear. But following a warning if the problem > persists, next is me setting the moderation bit. I don't like to do it, > it's more work for me, but when things get ugly on the list I see the > "Unsubscribes" start coming and that's not good. So I try to shut it down > quickly. > > I've only ever banned anyone once in... I came to the list in like 2004? > And I've been moderating for 10 years or so? Something like that. Holy moly. > > The bottom line is trying to keep a pleasant, on-topic haven for you and > your fellow hobbyists. No flame wars, just friends supporting each other > and enjoying each other's company. > > Often, we succeed. > > -= Model Ts Forever =- > > -- John. >
