hi Kaleb!
while the cumulative wealth of knowledge amongst the users here is
truly admirable, i (for one) think it would be wonderful if this list
was dedicated to Mercedes stuff, instead of being the chat room that
some people here clearly seem to want/need. there's plenty of places for
that (and more could be made, if necessary) but as long as people can't
seem to at least keep the Subject Lines relative to their messages
content, it makes it really hard to wade through the chaff looking for
the stuff of value. in the popular vernacular, the Signal:Noise here is
poor.
i also have to agree with Gerry; i would never have guessed that a
list named "banned lite" was for social banter. maybe something like
"MBZ Social" would better convey the tone, and those who like to play in
a cat box can still play in "Banned", if that's how they like to play.
(i barely found this post, since the majority of what passes by on
this list barely gets a quick scan before meeting the Delete Key. if
Subject lines were kept relevant, it would be safe to just Delete
anything marked OT,...)
cheers!
e
On 19/Jan/13 08:22, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
So you say there needs to be no off topic posts to this list?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:23 AM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
Banned light? The word "banned" turns off a lot of people. You might change "banned light" to
Mercedes Social or something similar with better results. Of course, there needs to be a little "management"
or "tough love".
When a member keeps posting non-Mercedes items on the Mercedes list, he needs to be
"banned" from that list after several warnings, but not the social list. I've never seen
an internet list prosper that didn't have some management. All this bickering "turns
off" members who are interested in Mercedes but not in guns, abortion, politics, etc., etc.
If you don't have time to "manage" the list, you can appoint a sufficient number of
"moderators"
to keep the Mercedes list free of non-Mercedes topics. Warnings would come from
"the moderators" so no individual moderator could be blamed. I belong to a
list that has 15 moderators and it works quite well.
Gerry
We already have a list like that, it's called banned lite, nobody uses it
Kaleb
Hi Kaleb,
You have a group of people who want to talk about all sorts of subjects other than
Mercedes. Why don't you set up a "Mercedes Social List" for discussion only
and let the members of the group enforce the Mercedes Repair list for Mercedes
discussions only?
The Mercedes Banned List will never serve as a discussion list because profanity,
personal attacks, and "anything goes" do not go well with thoughtful discussion
and many won't go there.
Gerry
From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net>
Now we are really going off the deep end of off topic. Lets not forget these
same people who think we need to take away guns because they will kill people
are in favor of abortion. I guess it's ok to kill kids when they might be an
inconvenient problem at the time.
On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> wrote:
I still can't understand the irrational fear some people have of guns.
I think it is just a stigma passed down to them by their environment.
Possibly because in the Northeast and other areas that are anti-gun most
gun owners are cops and criminals.
In other parts of the country guns are just part of life and no big deal.
What annoys me the most is that these anti-gun people seem to want federal
bans on guns as if they know what's good for the entire country (and the
rest of us are just ignorant rednecks and hillbillies)
On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:20 PM, "Mountain Man"
<maontin....@gmail.com<javascript:;>>
wrote:
The tactic sounds interesting, but totally not necessary for my life.
Dude, we gotta get you a job, so you can have a life...
Rick
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