--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: <snip> > > > > Sorry, Robin, but the flexible, case by case, sometimes let > > > > people slide enforcement of the posting limits is no more. > > > > This morning, on your 50th post, you even mentioned it was > > > > your 50th post. And, only a few minutes later, you posted a > > > > 51st. So, you get a week off. > > > > > > Alex, FWIW, this was a duplicate of a post he made on > > > Thursday that has been deleted. I think it would have > > > been #290219. It appears twice, once on Thursday and > > > once today, on the Mail Archive site. > > > > Deletions and duplicates no longer matter. If that 51st post > > had been sent the day before and showed up way late, making > > him overpost, I can see letting him off. But, his 51st post > > appears to have been sent a few minutes after knowingly > > posting his 50th. As far as I can tell, this is a cut'n'dried > > case of overposting. > > Somebody needs to put the ins and outs of all this in > writing and post it on a regular basis, particularly > with regard to deletions. I wasn't aware that under > the new rules, deleting a post and then posting an > edited version would count as two posts. If we're > going to have inflexible rules, it's important that > everybody know exactly what they are. > > I doubt Robin would make a point of saying it was his > 50th post and then immediately post another knowing > it was his 51st. There are folks here who might do > that just to challenge you, but that doesn't seem to > be his style. I'll bet a buck he thought deleting the > first version would knock his count down by one--i.e., > that the edited version would replace the first > version in the count.
P.S.: If I were king, I'd forbid any commentary from other posters about somebody going over. If they feel a need to comment, they should do it by private email to you or Rick. The mean people here shouldn't get to make nasty remarks that the overposter can't respond to. That's really taking unfair advantage.
