well, there used to be [email protected] where Porl, Kim and Ed would discuss the merits of cheese, and FNARR would grace every other suggestive post.
Maybe we need to startup: [email protected] and keep the negativity there. I just try and stay out of the negativity.. period. Doesn't help me one iota. Now.. anyone for a wheel of creamy Brie? On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > I think the point being made is that it's too frequent. > Even a positive thread, such as the vein this was started in, becomes a > bitch session very quickly. > > I disagree this is the place to constantly, incessantly and exclusively > whinge and bitch and whine. Some on key disturbances or negatives, sure, > but this has officially become the complaints list. > > That is not why I, or many others who elect to stay silent in these > regards, have subscribed to it. > > If the majority of people think, however, that that's how it should be > used, then I'm sure things will work out that way eventually, and those of > us who're tired of it will simply leave. > I've had my finger on the unsubscribe email more than once at this point, > and I sure don't feel encourage to post when the near totality of what is > going on is a bunch of people asking trivial questions interspersing a > crowd foaming at the mouth. > > Regarding the "efforts to stay positive", which I've seen mentioned by > several people, I can't say I'm witnessing any. When not a single e-mail is > positive you can't call that an honest effort to stay positive, or anything > else, really. > It sounds more and more, when people mention it, like the people saying > "I'm not racist, BUT", and then a retarded backwater racism comment follows. > > Sorry Eric, but we'll have to agree to disagree on this. I don't think > think this is "certainly a good place to do so". This is a mailing list for > the users, chiefly, so all you're doing is annoying the hell out of the few > who have elected to not cry over themselves the whole day as a past time, > and constantly rile the already angry ones into this vicious circle of > bitching. > > And since my participation to the mailing list seems to frequently turn to > whinging about the whining, and the irony isn't lost on me, that'll be all > from me. > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > >> As a user and 3rd party developer I think it's well deserved. Even if >> AD wasn't doing a pretty poor job at marketing (though the recent posts >> were very nice to see as an effort being put forward), they aren't >> doing much to inspire the 3rd party devs to continue to develop it. >> Even Luc-Eric is doing a fair good job on si-community to scare away >> any potential / 3rd party Softimage devs saying that he believes they >> will dry up within a few years. Yes it's his opinion but why wouldn't >> it carry some weight from his history / position. >> >> We need a place to complain. An AD hosted mailing list is certainly a >> good place to do so since they don't really have another decent place >> to do so. >> >> I'm trying to stay positive but it's hard to with the minimal >> communication we're getting. >> >> > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >
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