Hey! I make an effort too! On Oct 7, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Van <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for your insights, Serv. > > From my perspective, I don't really think of most of those posts as > "self-promotion," though I suppose I can see how others here would take them > that way. I see post after post here talking about the many benefits of the > latest cell phone or pad or other tech device, most of which I couldn't care > less about. I see that as incessant promotion of items for sale that I don't > want to read about, and if I were on regular emails here I would delete them > unread. As it is, I just scroll past them in the digest. > > I never "blast emails" anywhere. What you're thinking of is when I send an > email to this group and to the Pulp Factory and maybe copy in a friend in > Virginia. Hardly an email "blast" that lacks consideration for whether I > think the recipients want to receive it or not. I've been assuming you guys, > being proud geeks like me, would be INTERESTED in such things. As a > small-press author who writes things geeks tend to like, I assumed you all > would be as interested in a new SF book by me, or a podcast on a subject you > might be interested in, as in a new cell phone. > > In other words, if I do a podcast with RevSF or with ESO, I figure it's > likely something some of you might be interested in or would want to know > about. Just as I want to hear about Mike's and Shag's productions. > > The reason I joined this group, and the only reason I've stayed, was to > receive such information about the activities of Mike and Shag. Coming > aboard, I assumed much of the traffic here would be about the newest Long Box > episodes, etc. So, similarly, i assumed my own postings about such > activities would be welcomed and valued. Clearly I was very wrong, and I > apologize. > > Since this board is not remotely serving the needs I came to it with--I never > get the desired info from those guys-- and since I've proven to be a real > problem here with the choices I've made on it, I'll sign off. > > No hard feelings. I just misunderstood the purpose of this group. > > By the way, Luke has been by far the best thing here. Y'all should be WAY > nicer to him. Most days, he's the only one really making an effort. > > Ravenface is a joke. But y'all already knew that. > > --Van > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/WMbNjzMMSc8J. > 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
