[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
The more you feed the energy creature, the more likely it is that Rick will be convinced to reinstate the posting limits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, doesn't it? No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much notices you. Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in a small pond. A really, really special fish. PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Switch forums then, you control freak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I will not vote one way or another on this, but I do think that many people here are missing out on the opportunity for creativity and improved writing offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be seen as a gag order, except by those who by now most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a chance to step back and THINK before typing, and especially before pressing that SEND button. On another forum I once haunted, they too were afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much intelligent thought going on, either. So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was unenforced, but the posters there, being actual spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook it for the fun of it, and the challenge. There was, in fact, a posting limit. For a period of two months, everyone on the forum was limited to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no less. And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and humor. To this day (years later) many people on this forum still follow the One haiku per day rule, because they came to like it so much. OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But like Maharishi's heaven on earth it's a pleasant fiction to imagine, even for a moment... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: I fully agree Bill in Buffalo In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhamiltony2k5@ writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed limit of 35 posts per week. -Buck
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. On 08/26/2013 08:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: The more you feed the energy creature, the more likely it is that Rick will be convinced to reinstate the posting limits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, doesn't it? No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much notices you. Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in a small pond. A really, really special fish. PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Switch forums then, you control freak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I will not vote one way or another on this, but I do think that many people here are missing out on the opportunity for creativity and improved writing offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be seen as a gag order, except by those who by now most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a chance to step back and THINK before typing, and especially before pressing that SEND button. On another forum I once haunted, they too were afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much intelligent thought going on, either. So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was unenforced, but the posters there, being actual spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook it for the fun of it, and the challenge. There was, in fact, a posting limit. For a period of two months, everyone on the forum was limited to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no less. And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and humor. To this day (years later) many people on this forum still follow the One haiku per day rule, because they came to like it so much. OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But like Maharishi's heaven on earth it's a pleasant fiction to imagine, even for a moment... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: I fully agree Bill in Buffalo In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhamiltony2k5@ writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed limit of 35 posts per week. -Buck
[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. More likely that it's seeping through a few thick skulls that their normal act of wanting attention so badly they'll try to insult or taunt someone into giving it to them isn't working any more. Did you watch any of True Blood this season? I kinda liked it. The parts that were most inter- esting was to see what happens to vampires when they can't feed as they've gotten used to feeding. That was a familiar sight.
[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. More likely that it's seeping through a few thick skulls that their normal act of wanting attention so badly they'll try to insult or taunt someone into giving it to them isn't working any more. Actually, Barry, you're the only one whose normal act this is. You call it pushing buttons, remember?
[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
Bhairitu, noozguru, I really tried to keep track, aiming for around 15 per day. But blasted yahoo! Even some of my own posts arrive hours after I post them! So I'm using Message View to keep up and when I reply from there, the reply does not appear in my Sent folder. So the heck with keeping track! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. On 08/26/2013 08:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: The more you feed the energy creature, the more likely it is that Rick will be convinced to reinstate the posting limits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, doesn't it? No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much notices you. Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in a small pond. A really, really special fish. PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Switch forums then, you control freak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I will not vote one way or another on this, but I do think that many people here are missing out on the opportunity for creativity and improved writing offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be seen as a gag order, except by those who by now most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a chance to step back and THINK before typing, and especially before pressing that SEND button. On another forum I once haunted, they too were afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much intelligent thought going on, either. So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was unenforced, but the posters there, being actual spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook it for the fun of it, and the challenge. There was, in fact, a posting limit. For a period of two months, everyone on the forum was limited to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no less. And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and humor. To this day (years later) many people on this forum still follow the One haiku per day rule, because they came to like it so much. OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But like Maharishi's heaven on earth it's a pleasant fiction to imagine, even for a moment... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: I fully agree Bill in Buffalo In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhamiltony2k5@ writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed limit of 35 posts per week. -Buck
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
Yahoo is really screwed up as far as sending out the emails. I see several posts on the web site that haven't made via email and may not. I even checked my web mail and found a few posts of John's that were marked spam but those were the only FFL emails caught in the spam trap. People here last week were celebrating that Yahoo became a more popular site than Google. But as it turns out Yahoo also took money from the NSA. On 08/26/2013 09:41 AM, sharelong60 wrote: Bhairitu, noozguru, I really tried to keep track, aiming for around 15 per day. But blasted yahoo! Even some of my own posts arrive hours after I post them! So I'm using Message View to keep up and when I reply from there, the reply does not appear in my Sent folder. So the heck with keeping track! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. On 08/26/2013 08:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: The more you feed the energy creature, the more likely it is that Rick will be convinced to reinstate the posting limits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, doesn't it? No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much notices you. Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in a small pond. A really, really special fish. PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Switch forums then, you control freak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I will not vote one way or another on this, but I do think that many people here are missing out on the opportunity for creativity and improved writing offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be seen as a gag order, except by those who by now most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a chance to step back and THINK before typing, and especially before pressing that SEND button. On another forum I once haunted, they too were afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much intelligent thought going on, either. So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was unenforced, but the posters there, being actual spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook it for the fun of it, and the challenge. There was, in fact, a posting limit. For a period of two months, everyone on the forum was limited to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no less. And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and humor. To this day (years later) many people on this forum still follow the One haiku per day rule, because they came to like it so much. OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But like Maharishi's heaven on earth it's a pleasant fiction to imagine, even for a moment... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: I fully agree Bill in Buffalo In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhamiltony2k5@ writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was in a time when the post
[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
It is so funny - This unlimited posting drives you absolutely bananas, doesn't it? No more control freak games to see who posts out first. No more control freak games to ensure you get maximum attention. No more kissing up to the moderators' butts to ensure the posting count is enforced. And, for your sake, no more spreadsheets. You had about two good years on here, running the roost and feeling AWFULLY BIG. Thing is, now, with no post count, no one much notices you. Seriously, you should find another forum where you can again be a big fish in a small pond. A really, really special fish. PS Its also OK to *admit* you read this.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Switch forums then, you control freak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I will not vote one way or another on this, but I do think that many people here are missing out on the opportunity for creativity and improved writing offered by posting limits. It doesn't have to be seen as a gag order, except by those who by now most agree need to be gagged. It can be seen as a chance to step back and THINK before typing, and especially before pressing that SEND button. On another forum I once haunted, they too were afflicted by a bunch of motormouths who wouldn't or couldn't shut up. There wasn't much flaming or ad hominem on that forum, but there wasn't much intelligent thought going on, either. So the moderator suggested an experiment. It was unenforced, but the posters there, being actual spiritual seekers as opposed to spiritual poseurs like we have here, all agreed to it, and undertook it for the fun of it, and the challenge. There was, in fact, a posting limit. For a period of two months, everyone on the forum was limited to only ONE post per day. And it had to be in the form of a haiku. Seventeen syllables. No more, no less. And it was WONDERFUL. Everyone rose to the challenge, and produced some remarkable poetry, insights, and humor. To this day (years later) many people on this forum still follow the One haiku per day rule, because they came to like it so much. OK, I *know* that it could never work here. Many of our motormouths and trashmouths couldn't write a haiku if you gave them 17,000 syllables to work with. But like Maharishi's heaven on earth it's a pleasant fiction to imagine, even for a moment... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: I fully agree Bill in Buffalo In a message dated 8/26/2013 8:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhamiltony2k5@ writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not reduced much is vitriol Yep, the name-calling and the ad hominem certainly are the low forms of argument here and should certainly be outlawed in civil society and on all Yahoo groups as reprehensible abuse. Yes, by stark contrast certainly the best writing and exchange on FFL was in a time when the post count was limited to 35 per week. This list cries out for a limit to abuse and a strong hand of moderation. A strict speed limit of 35 posts per week. -Buck
[FairfieldLife] Fuck da post count [was Re: Eliminating Post-count on FFL ]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Only 54 posts this morning since last night's Post Count. Seems to be trending down so folks may be hitting their stride. More likely that it's seeping through a few thick skulls that their normal act of wanting attention so badly they'll try to insult or taunt someone into giving it to them isn't working any more. Did you watch any of True Blood this season? I kinda liked it. The parts that were most inter- esting was to see what happens to vampires when they can't feed as they've gotten used to feeding. That was a familiar sight. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Too many posts we're fucked, too few and we're vampires gone anorexic.
