>Dave Mabry wrote:
Jay West wrote on 2/6/2016 11:51 AM:
I had already turned on emergency moderation mode to try and stem the
tide
of this escalating further. I had also already emailed a few people
off-list
about this, which is primarily how it should be handled. Those who
should
have been corrected... were. Quietly.
I'm rather tired of (a very few) people commenting "oh, this list is
so much
smaller than other forums" or "there's such a low SNRatio here" or
"Everyone
here is unfriendly (or things like that)". Screw all of that. I
submit that
while this list may be small, it has the best content and expertise, far
better than others (I've looked). I submit that while the SNRatio
gets off
track once in a great while, I've seen that happen elsewhere, and at
least
as often if not more. Perhaps some should use their technical
expertise to
study the function of the "delete" key. Quite frankly I don't think it
happens here all that often. Unfriendly? Perhaps there are a few that
are
brisque at times. On the one hand - Guess what... that's life. In any
crowd
there's always a few grumpy old men (of which I am one - especially
at the
moment), and socially well-adjusted people should learn how to deal
with it
and get along. On the other hand - That doesn't mean I don't correct
those
that need correcting (and I did) .. but I really don't need to hear the
whining. It seems that there are one or two people that state they don't
want to participate because of one or more of the above... yet they stay
here solely to voice that opinion. Odd.
Jay,
Don't let it get you down. In any population, even a small one, there
are going to be people in both tails of the normal distribution. I
get pretty quick on the delete key when one of those tails starts
complaining about this list. I greatly enjoy and thank you for the
work you put into it.
Thank you!
I add my agreement as well. This is probably one of the very few topics
that I will reply to and NOT keep a copy. The DELETE key is the one
I use the most.
And I also specifically add my appreciation for the job that Jay West does!
Jerome Fine
