Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Saturday 24 November 2007 07:57, K.R. Foley wrote:
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>> Is there anything in the netiquette about arrogance and elitism
>> scaring off the very people these lists exist for?
>
> It's a hard balance to strike. If no one corrects things like thread
> hijacking, inappropriate top-posting or insufficient (or nonexistant)
> quoted material trimming, the overall quality of the list deteriorates.
> Not to sound like a grizzled oldtimer (whether or not I actually am),
> the active community on this list isn't nearly as fastidious about
> these things as it was a few years ago.
>
> There are better and worse ways to ride herd on the newbies, but the job
> must be done.
I agree totally. However, part of netiquette is also being courteous.
Not always, but more times than not people that jump so hard on newbies
don't have much else to offer.
I have been around for a long time, although not on this list. One
common thing I hear from many newbies and non-newbies alike is that they
are afraid to ask for help because they are afraid of being raked over
the coals. I have even seen TOO MANY of these folks go back to windoze
because of being discouraged by this sort of thing.
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>> kr
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> Randall Schulz
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