Andy Allan wrote: > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2009/10/2 Andy Allan <[email protected]>: >> >>> Then the people who are mailing more than their fair share of posts >>> will be asked to post less often. Hopefully they will realise that >>> every time they post to the list it's delivered to 1,000s of others >>> and they should keep their contributions under control. >>> >> What exactly is this magical limit of fair share? >> > > Entirely depends on how useful your messages are, it's not a fixed > limit. You'll know when you've gone well over when you are repeatedly > called out on the mailing list, blog posts, parody pictures, twitter, > IRC and direct emails all on the subject of you not knowing what > you're talking about The reason I use these forums /is /because I /don't know/ what I'm talking about & so I ask questions to find the solutions!! > and/or that you are posting too often. > > It's a social thing, not a logical rule, and unfortunately some people > just don't get it. > I find it ironic that I keep on being told it's OPENstreetmap, where anything goes with the use of free form tags etc & yet get flamed for upsetting the sensibilities of someone by posting a few messages!!
My posts weren't defamatory, abusive, racist or sexist. There were just there, harmless. Another irony, this is the most irrelevant, off topic thread in this forum.<shakes head> Dave F. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
