i'm sorry, but while i do appreciate the time you and our list nanny put in to maintaining these lists, i'm getting really fed up at the childishness and unneccessarily heavy handed discipline.
even a parent knows that one must let go and trust a little for a child to grow - thinking of the lists as your children. overdiscipline just makes for rebellion and anger, and i've observed that happening over the last few months too.
I don't know if you have noticed but this list is alive and kicking again. Just take a look at the traffic. It has been back to normal for quite some time now. Also I haven't witnessed any rebellion as of recently. I admit to end fights and off topic threads as soon as I notice them, because I have witnessed what has happened before on this list. It wasn't the strict attitude of the nanny's that was slowly killing this list, on the contrary, it was the endless fighting between its members.
At the moment new subscribers aren't being scared away anymore and the old ones are sticking around, at leas one member came back because the list is pretty peace full again.
its got to the point where i dare not post for fear of making some kind of tiny typo which becomes a disciplinary matter - and yes, i quite often type ram instead of RAM, because i type all in lower case letters, and i think everyone knows damn well what i'm on about. am i to be suspended for doing so? thats what i wonder, when i read this latest series of notes.
The fact that the listmom hates these small linguistic mistakes does not mean that the list nanny will suspend people for typing things the wrong way. I make these mistakes myself frequently. BTW So far I have not suspended a single list member since I was installed as a list nanny, although I am prepared to do so if necessary.
i was also made aware that flawed jai, a valuable contributor to this list, was kicked off because of an accidental off topic post. this is ridiculous! you guys are worse than the RIAA!
Flawed Jai has not been kicked off this list by me. Could be she has left on her own account. I don't know about that.
as you've now effectively killed off all the character on this list by kicking off members one by one, i'm finding less and less reason to read this increasingly pedantic tripe. i'm very tempted to unsubscribe.. now give me five reasons i should stay and none of them should be spelt with capitals.
Five reasons? I guess You must figure them out yourself. A love for all things vintage Macintosh might be the most important of them.
Marten -- Vintage Macs list nanny
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