Rick, I was joking. The guy from smartsurfonline said it was easy to unsubscribe to their mailing list. I was taking an unprovoked jab at him.
I love CF-Talk, the humor, the drama, the mud slinging...oh, yea, there sometimes some good tech related stuff here too ;-) Scott On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:25:42 -0500, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From Scott Stroz: > > > UNSUBSCRIBE > > Scott, > > I know you're probably unsubscribing because of the incivility > shown on this list in the last couple of days...and it has been bad. > > However, there is a lot to be gained from monitoring and participating > in this list. I would never have been able to get a business based on > web design that utilizing Cold Fusion without it. It's not always this > bad...usually, it's quite civil. > > Now, to speak the CF-Talk family...forgive my forwardness in speaking > to the group like this, but this little "family" has begun to act like too > many > real families. Unable to carry on conversation without argument, sometimes > profanity, undue criticism, etc. Many real families fall apart when it gets > like this...the same is true for "online families" and I think, if my > instinct is correct, > that Scott Stroz may be the first victim of this CF family's misbehavior. > > We need to temper criticism of other people and, especially, their websites > and products. Criticism can be constructive and given in that light is > usually welcome > by the producers. But the kind of criticism, even lately of free products, > has been > quite over-the-top. I think some of us need a vacation, or at least more > sleep and > less caffeine! > > In groups like this one, it's easy for the "inner circle" to become very > familiar with > each other and, like in all personal relationships, get a little too relaxed > with what > we say. People who sign up for the form, because of their interest in Cold > Fusion > and need for help, will quickly abandon this list, not get the help they > need, and > perhaps abandon Cold Fusion, itself. This doesn't help any of us in the > long run > and especially the person in need in the short run. > > Notice, I'm not using capital letters, so I'm not yelling at anyone...this > is just a call > of encouragement for all of us to be careful in our conduct and etiquette on > this list. > There are constantly new people checking out what's going on that we never > know > are watching. We need to show them this is a place of help and comradery, > not of > heated criticism, petty sniping, and destructive argument. People show up > here > in need of help...not just with the code, but with the difficulty of dealing > with the > situations they're in which drove here in the first place. > > Personally, I'm tough enough to stick out the troubled moments we have here > to > get the benefits from this list. But for the sake of those who won't stick > around long > enough to see what a great resource this list is, I encourage everyone to > play nice... > > Thanks for indulging my concerns... > > Rick > > Rick Faircloth, > White Stone Media > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:37 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Anyone used these tools? > > UNSUBSCRIBE > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
