Fine but I am on JB side on this one. I suggest everyone just create a mail rule that sends Sean’s posts to the trash. That is what I have done. Maybe at some point he will finally get that railing against people inevitably accomplishes the exact opposite of his intent, which I think is to get people to change the way they respond on the list. But somehow I do not think he WILL get it. In fact I get the sense that he just likes to rail against people. This isn’t the first time.
Bob S > On Apr 8, 2021, at 7:16 AM, Keith Martin via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mailing lists such as this aren’t perfect oracles and they’re not pure > technical reference sources either. Most importantly, they are not one-to-one > conversations; MANY more people will be reading a thread than may be actively > posting to it. > > When a question is asked, people will respond with what they feel may be of > use. Sometimes it isn’t helpful, but often even those posts will help others > reading the thread to gain a better understanding of all sorts of areas > within the general topic. > > I know I’ve learned a HUGE amount by reading threads on topics that > free-wheel around with all kinds of creative and sometimes off-target (and > even off topic) responses. For me, that is a big part of the value of a > mailing list. I don’t read every post in this or a number of other mailing > lists, but I keep everything for possible later trawling with searches. (I > have roughly 142k unread emails in my inbox – I practice inbox infinity > rather than inbox zero! But it works well for me.) > > This is how mailing lists naturally work. If that’s not suitable, the forum > allows for a somewhat more focused approach to questions and answers. What’s > not so suitable or appropriate is personal abuse being thrown around. I don’t > know how many people are subscribed to this list, but it will not be a small > number. That’s a lot of inboxes. Frankly, anyone should be embarrassed to be > ’shouting’ at someone in such a large and semi-public environment. > > k out. > > --- > Keith Martin > Mobile: +44 (0)7909 541365 > 360 media production, consultancy and training: PanoramaPhotographer.com > <http://panoramaphotographer.com/> > Exif Fixer 360 utility: ExifFixer.com <http://exiffixer.com/> > About me: thatkeith.com <http://thatkeith.com/> > --- > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
