Well I like some offtopics as long as it doesn't take up list traffic
totally or its complaints, flames, etc.
I got off the chat lists I was on because of this.
This may sound like a sob story but its true.
Most of the week I am by myself, with out lists like this one and a
few other things I'd be lost.
SOme general chat is fine.
Mostly I skim it as it is.
I used to reply to all messages now I just do it for those I care for.
Hi everyone,
Could I first of all please ask you all to calm down? From what I
have seen, the babble and thread reports have been coming on list
now for years and I haven't really seen anyone complain up until
this point. Though that doesn't mean to say there hasn't been any. I
will stand corrected if I am wrong.
Although I find it interesting to read through them I can see both
sides here. Although this is a games list I am sure Jim will have
okayed these emails with the list moderators and owners and said
moderators and owners will have allowed such postings for a reason.
To me, it can come across as a fun bantering contest with bragging
rights about who can post the most or least messages on list.
However, I can also see the other side in that trying to beat a
message posting score can lead to unnecessary messages such as
one-liners and days of talk about these reports coming on list.
I think I will have to review this situation with Thomas and see
where we go from here. If it is really so inconvenient then we will,
I'm sure, come to some agreement.
However, calling people childish and irresponsible isn't the way to
ask for something. Constructive criticism is one thing, flaming is
another. So can we please remember that when posting and maybe not
post immediately as soon as your anger and frustration flares up.
Thanks.
Regards,
Damien Pendleton,
Co-Moderator.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Che" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:57 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] The babel urination contest, was babel report for May
Fred wrote:
I shouldn't have to use the delete key for messages which are of no
purpose or need to be on the list, grow up and take responsibility
for putting valid messages on the list.
end quote
I completely agree with Fred here.
One reason I don't follow this list much is because of all the
crap messages with no real content sent to list, such as the babel
report replies. I am only monitoring right now to check feedback
for Ryans soon to be excellent boxing game.
We would have more developers on this list chiming in and
helping with constructive ideas if there wasn't so much
meaningless fluff in my opinion.
Running a list that stays on topic and minimizes crap posts is
not an easy thing, I know that, but there really is no point at
all in the babel urination contest.
Not only is conversation about who has the most posts
meaningless, but it leads to one line and even sometimes one word
emails to list.
I don't mean to sound like a cranky old man here, but I hate to
see a resource like the gamers list not reach its full potential
when we have so few outlets for discussing our shared interest.
Later,
che
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