[theforum] mailing list rules (content)
Erika
ekm at seastorm.com
Thu Oct 23 16:58:56 CDT 2008
John Handelaar wrote:
> Digest readers, especially (the freaks), are dealt a cruel injustice
> by top-posters involving multiple chunks of near-unparseable
> gibberish. Assuming we want to keep them (weirdos), it's not a nice
> thing to do.
That's a good point. My experience is that I'd rather have the *new*
stuff above so I can see it quickly, the old stuff below for context.
But it's not all about me, of course.
I was reading back through the list guidelines and to be honest, I think
our guidelines are *perfect* as they stand. Professional without being
overly restrictive, and the first thing is the (you would think would be
common sense) advice to respect each other.
I am an admin on a PDX networking list aimed toward women...so many
first-time posters approach with utter trepidation, only post offlist,
terrified they'll get slapped for doing something wrong. (Perhaps based
on other list experiences.)
In life, in order to do anything of note, you have to stand forward and
be willing to risk looking like a fool. I am really proud of evolt, that
the old-timers here, when they need to educate or remind, they almost
always do so with kindness. To me, that's true class.
Erika
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