the issue here is signal to noise ratio: I doubt anyone here would disagree that shay is probably the most active contributor (in terms of problem solving) to this list, and I'm sure everyone appreciates his input.. most of from direct experience.
I'm sure everyone can also appreciate the amount of time he spends doing this... that said, the "noise" (spam, irrelevant anecdotes etc) eats into this time unnecessarily.. that being the nature of spam. I don't hear anyone telling shay to "lighten up" in response to his numerous helpful posts each day. hard as it may be to believe, many of us get our kicks in places other than the wamug list (no, really!). I send my humorous emails to people who I know will not be inconvenienced, or even offended, by them. (that's "my friends" in shorthand) my 2ยข greg > Lighten up Shay we all have a different sense's of humour I personally had > an email from the presidents wife MARIAM BOBI LADAWA SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF > LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE I enjoyed the diversion. > > And I enjoyed replying to my email It was the funniest thing I have done in > quiet a while. > > We all know that they are not real for if they were it would not be done by > email one of the most insecure ways of communication in the world. > > Regards, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 9/10/02 11:43 AM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> What seems to be wrong with adding some light hearted experiences, whether >>> spam letters or not, to this mailing list. Is it all that serious that there >>> can be no humour. I got a giggle from reading "I need your help" and then I >>> trashed it as I am sure did others. I thought a mailing list was to enjoy >>> and learn and share all types of experiences we have with our chosen list. >>> It's not as if this mailing list gets spammed all the time. Lighten up a >>> little. >> >> Actually, I don't find e-mail about people's fathers being poisoned >> in third world countries particularly humourous, (there are much >> worse atrocities out there that are really happening, considering >> such posts 'humourous' detracts from people's perceptions of the >> importance of these situations), especially when they're (a) being >> used to extort money from gullible people and (b) clogging up the >> internet. >> >> There have been some quite amusing Macintosh related humour posts to >> the list, you'll note that I haven't complained about those. >> >> Thanks, >> Shay (who quite enjoyed '6 Feet Under' last night) > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
