I have been following the feedback on the Yahoo Groups comment site. Yahoo
gives lip service to this notion of "we value your input". It is evident that
it is only lip service. There is one lady in particular, "Owl" who is leading
the charge to get Yahoo to return to the familiar format. It doesn't seem to
be working out.
________________________________
From: Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com>
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Post Count Sat 28-Sep-13 00:15:03
UTC
the only way I have been able to check these posts is because I have them sent
to my yahoo e-mail account - trying to use the FFL group page itself is
ridiculous.
________________________________
From: feste37 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Post Count Sat 28-Sep-13 00:15:03
UTC
Yeah, Neo has driven me away, certainly. It's a disaster. I can no longer
follow discussions or even see who the author of a particular post is. Yahoo
could not have done better if they had deliberately gone out to sabotage the
group. Every single change made is for the worse. It's a pity because I have
enjoyed this group since it started in 2001.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Yesterday I was thinking about and missing all the people who have drifted
away, especially since Neo. Also, I hope the abundance of my posting hasn't
driven anyone away. I am aiming for 10 or less per day and for at least some
humor with all the conflicts.
Good plan. And perhaps aim at forming one complete thought before posting.
________________________________
From: "dhamiltony2k5@..." <dhamiltony2k5@...>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 11:17 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Post Count Sat 28-Sep-13 00:15:03 UTC
Why should Rick Archer host this
site any longer for mostly fractious, abusive and unpleasant postings
by a few people flooding the content with their personal animosities.
Popular Science magazine just shut
down online comments to stories on its website.
Disabling comments, The magazine
says rude or insulting comments have been shown to skew readers’
understanding of articles and drives away readership.
Interviewing with Fairfieldlife at
yahoo-goups [FFL] members out on the sidewalks and in the coffee houses and
cafes of Fairfield, Iowa who
no longer read FFL, they say the culture of animosity and incivility
of Rick Archer's list drives them away from reading it. A few people who
have taken over FFL have driven away the community of what once was. It is a
common complaint of the old readership.
-Buck
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Can I be the first to congratulate authfriend and Share for breaking through
the 100 barrier. They put the rest of us slackers to shame with our miserly
inputs. The 852 messages total works out to about five messages an hour during
the week. Five messages doesn't sound too onerous to deal with. And bear in
mind that a lot of the messages are simple thumbs up or thumbs down feedback,
such as . . .
"Outstanding post!"
"Ha-ha!"
"Thanks for that link"
OR
"Did you forget to take your medics today?"
"You sir are a complete prat"
"YAWN . . . "
. . . we are in their debt. Let us try harder in weeks to come.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <ffl.postcount@...> wrote:
Fairfield Life Post Counter =========================== Start Date (UTC):
09/21/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 09/28/13 00:00:00 852 messages as of (UTC)
09/27/13 23:08:02 126 authfriend 113 Share Long 74 Richard J. Williams 57
turquoiseb 56 awoelflebater 52 doctordumbass 47 Bhairitu 41 s3raphita 39
dhamiltony2k5 31 Michael Jackson 28 cardemaister 25 jr_esq 20 anartaxius 17
Jason 16 obbajeeba 16 Steve Sundur 16 Emily Reyn 9 j_alexander_stanley 9
Mike Dixon 8 waspaligap 7 merudanda 6 Rick Archer 5 srijau 5 punditster 4
emptybill 4 WLeed3 4 Dick Mays 3 bobpriced 2 wleed3 2 punditster 2 iranitea
2 emilymae.reyn 2 Duveyoung 1 salyavin808 1 richard 1 Paulo Barbosa 1
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