Well, then we're in agreement on how some users have been treated!
Gosh, I'm overwhelmed to find that I have a perverse rationale and that
I'm "outside the optimum operational profile of an e-list participant".
I don't think I've ever actually seen what the inside of an "optimum
operational profile" of any sort looks like. On the other hand, being
from a rural background, I'm pretty good at recognizing BS. I'm
smelling a certain similarity...
I will continue to consider primarily the first person to whom I reply.
I've found that works pretty well for the rest of those who may read it.
As for you, eschew obfuscation! Some newbie may be frightened off if he
thinks he's in an "e-list environment". (Your post was actually pretty
entertaining.)
bg wrote:
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:16, Bruce Roorda wrote:
Well, I have seen some very rude posts to inexperienced users who top
posted, despite the fact that you "call BS" on the assertion. (That's a
very colorful and amusing phrase.)
Brewster replies:
I think, Bruce, that you did not read my response very carefully.
My calling BS had to do not at all with the first part of your sentence
(berating inexperienced users) - I've seen that done as well. My
response had to do with your statement about "their own preference", as
I made quite plain by quoting it twice, and alluding
to it a third time.
Bruce:
As I have stated in other posts, I try to consider first the person to
whom I'm replying. Others are welcome to read if they like.
bg:
In that I believe you are in error, and placing yourself, for some
perverse rationale of your own, outside the optimum operational profile
of an e-list participant. Part of falling within that
optimal range is being ever-cognizant of the fact that on a listserv,
you are *not* replying to one person, but to the entire audience.
Bruce:
I care not a fig for the preferences of an e-list environment,
only for the people.
bg:
It is neither possible nor desirable to separate the two.
Which makes that essentially a nonsense statement.
Once again, you place yourself well outside the optimal
e-list-user profile.
Brewster Gillett
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