On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:30:22 +0200, you wrote: >On normall forums, like this about computer hardware where Im registered You >can be banned or warned for smaller sins than calling someone a Gay. Not >"topic related" mails are immediatelly deleted by forum moderatos. But here >is real bonanza. I can say and send everything I can and noone guarding >quality of discussion on this mail-list. Thats why seweral valuable persons >leaved this forum.
I'm subscribed to only 2 mailing lists-- this one and the paleolist. On this list, people act like they know each other, care about each other's interests and lives "off-list", often get "chatty" about topics that stray from strictly meteorite-related and yes, often bicker with each other. On the paleolist, if anyone says anything that strays off-topic, with even one reply, highly uptight people bitch, threaten to quit the list, and sometimes do. The meteorite list ends up with tens of messages a day. The paleolist goes days at a time without a single post with only a few threads getting many responses at all. It is a mostly dry, mostly empty environment. And the odd thing is, Geoff isn't more heavy-handed in moderation than Art-- it is other list members who seem to have an inflated ego ("I'm too important to waste my time reading these messages-- either they go, or I do"). Of the two lists and two posting/poster styles, I like the meteorite list the best. It is a community, not a interactive search engine. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list