Rick,
I am more appreciative than ever for the Papermodelers forum, especially since the Zealot owners dictatorship reared it's head. As you say, (my observation also) is that most modelers belong to more than one list, forum, group - whatever. What really draws me to the forums is that you can find and learn from detailed builds of complicated subject. We do not see that kind of work and posting on the list anymore. Tongue in cheek I would say the email list has become somewhat exclusive because the focus is on more toy-like items. Rarely do we see complicated builds. There's a member who builds beautiful models, but I notice he only posts when he has a completed model. He offers good history and advice on techniques, and it's a pleasure to see his posts. Wouldn't it be nice if he posted as the model was built? What keeps him from doing that? Is it because those posts get little to no reply, as opposed to a post of a new Hako character that can get a flood of replys? Exclusivity? My model post get less frequent and less wordy because "why bother"? I throw some pictures out and move on. I still enjoy the people and the conversations. Thank God for Mandy who's builds enlighten me. JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Rick Steffers <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 8:47 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 37551] Re: Another distraction build ... Cat,? I am really sorry you feel that way Cardmodels.net and Papermodelers.com have manage to grow, and prosper and reach out to all of the corners of the world. We have survived many server changes, and explosive blow ups, and management changes, and each time we have come back from that, and gotten better. Also, If you care to point out the divisiveness you seem to see, I would welcome an opportunity to change it What is exclusive about my forum? Like this mailing list I have seasoned people as well as new people to the hobby, and we welcome all people. How does my forum or any forum do irreparable damage or harm? I would like to see examples if you can provide it. Many of the members of my forum are members of various other forums and mailing lists. Rick admin papermodelers.com On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:26 PM, cat <[email protected]> wrote: Mike Hungerford wrote: > Gary Pilsworth's "Land of the Giants" 'Spindrift.' > > Available in the downloads section at Papermodelers.com ? ? ? ?But only if you sign up for yet another annoying forum. I hate those things. They destroy any community by fractionating it. Their "exclusivity" excludes the general public and does irreparable harm to any interest group. Mail lists like this create community, forums destroy it. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?cat -- "Rock is Dead, Long Live Paper and Scissors" Want the same traffic, attitude, and information? Check out www.papermodelers.com Love Racing? Love Paper Models? Check Out http://rpmodels.proboards46.com/ http://paperdakar.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/rickstef http://internationalpapermodelconvention.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
