Hi, Albano, I threatened to leave the list a couple of weekends ago, and came back after a day or so, without actually un-subscribing. (Of course, maybe I wasn't one of the "valuable daily posters you referred to! <g>) For me it was the sheer volume and waste of time and silliness of things that frustrated me. I was also in a really pissy mood that day, and let that get the best of me. When I posted that I was leaving, several others did the same thing in reply posts. I think they're all back now, IIRC, or most of them.
If I might take the liberty of speaking for that group, I think the feeling was to leave the list for a couple of days or a weeks, just to let things cool down, and not have to put up with the crap. I guess these things happen on an unmoderated list. After thinking about it for a while, I'd prefer things as they are - cyclical, as you say - to a list which is moderated, where people are being de-listed for various "offences". It's what you put up with to keep freedom of speech, which is a key to what makes this list the wonderful place that it is, warts and all. I don't use them, but as someone said, there's always filters... And, things seem pretty calm right now (fingers crossed). <vbg> cheers, frank Albano Garcia wrote: > Hi, Steph and all > I agree. The list in its actual shape really sucks. We > lost some valuable daily posters, and we added a > really f...ng idiot. I ignored him to death, but the > problem is most posters reply to his idiot posts. The > best thing is to ignore him. > This list is cyclic, or bipolar if you want to call it > that way. It goes from absolutely fantastic to pure > disaster in a matter of days, but the good times are > well worth the effort. The problem is the last "low > point" is getting long. > Regards > > Albano > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
