In a message dated 7/28/07 11:01:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hear, hear! > If the name of this new forum is as Al Krigman wrote, that says it all. > > ---------------------------- > In a message dated 7/28/07 10:00:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Still here. Haven't joined the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] yet. Don't plan to. Al Krigman ------------------------------
Wilma, You've been had. The name of Kyle Cassidy's new listserv is NOT as Al Krigman wrote. Kyle's listserv is: http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors Al is spoofing, yet again. Many times, he's posted misinformation to the listserv. Do you remember when Al rewrote and posted an Inquirer article so that it appeared that Prince Charles was coming to Clark Park? Al had Brian Siano getting his cameras ready! And Al let the planning posts about the visit go on and on, till I looked up the actual article and posted the link, showing that the Inquirer made no mention of a visit to Clark Park. Okay, that may have been a sort of funny joke. And making up a fake listserv address for Kyle's list today may be a mildly humorous joke. But Al has also posted misleading information about the UCD many times, stirring up opposition to it, and that's not funny or fair or good list behavior. It's fine if University City folks choose to oppose the UCD for legitimate, factual, reasons - but quite different if they are led to oppose the UCD because they believe the misinformation and exaggerations of someone who doesn't play fair with the facts in a public forum. On the current listserv, every time a frequent poster launches into a message containing inaccurate, exaggerated or downright untrue "facts," somebody else feels compelled to contradict the original story, and the arguments are unending. I'm doing it now, since you believed Al's ridiculous address for Kyle's list. This is a waste of too many peoples' time and takes up too many messages. I've been a fan of the original UC listserv for many years - it's over ten years old now - but the posting of false facts and the arguments that follow is a serious problem. On an unmoderated list, there's no consequences for posting false information. I'm hoping that on Kyle's new, slightly moderated list, this problem will be eliminated. Melani Lamond ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour