Oh yeah the LEM lists are kind of crappy from a community standpoint. My favorite was when someone asked why another person was doing it that way the response was instant attack and then the mods did nothing. And yet they go nuts over stupid crap.
Doesn't help that a lot of posters on that list seem to be very low level users. --Larry Sent from my iPad On Apr 29, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Ryan Waldon <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree John. I encountered the 'List Nazis' early on and, as a result, I now > mainly lurk on the lists- since posting exposes you to the risk you'll piss > them off. Occasionally, I'll contact someone backchannel if you think I have > something useful for them. It's a real shame, because there is a lot of good > information flowing across the lists. Also, I view their behaviour as so > 'un-Mac-like', one visiting the LEM lists would think that all Mac users must > be assholes by default... > > --ryan > > Sent from my Apple iPad > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 11:31, John Musbach <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Never before have I experienced a greater example of this kind of >> abuse. Today I posted to their feedback group, lemlists, a question as >> to why moderated spam posts are being permitted. A nanny responded to >> my question offlist and unprovoked with a very hostile message >> basically boiling down to "get a education and shutup". Obviously >> appauled by such representation by the nannies of LEM I forwarded the >> offlist response to the lemlists list asking if everyone truly thought >> such administration action was acceptable. The nanny responded to that >> by putting me on moderation status for that list. I then just recently >> checked on the other lem lists I subscribe to only to find the nanny >> banned me from all the major lists I subscribed to without >> explanation. I cannot believe there is such unchecked abuse of >> administrative powers at that community. Until such behavior is >> rectify I recommend boycotting the lem community. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> John Musbach >> _______________________________________________ >> OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] >> http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters >> List hosted at http://cat5.org/ > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
