[DIY] Fed Up Moderator...
In a message dated 040608 19:04:37, flamnembr@... writes: << and anyone who doesn't like my decree, can just bite me. Haaaaaah, haaaaah, haaaah, haaa. Oh... ah... ahem, that really got me in a good mood. Tom (I'm still laughing)
each email, but she participates on the list with solid ideas and knowledge... if you want to contact her specifically, you can-- but she isn't ramming her business down our throat... I personally do not care, just as long as the "spam" is related to the list. I see very little spam on this list. I am not too fussy. If I ask about this or that and a seller "spams" me with his or her products, and the seller believes that what they sell will help me, fine. I have had people spam me with information that actually opened up some very large doors, so if it were not for the spam, I would not be as happy. I AM NOT saying that spam on a no spam list should ever be tolerated, so no flames. I hate most spam just as much as anyone here does. I hope you all can see my point. I am just not getting worked up over spam, because it will not go away anytime soon. I do not want spam that is not related, however. AND, this is not an open solicitation for personal spam, unless I post a query for specific help or products. Concerning "the member who creatively has her business address imbedded in each e-mail." When someone is allowed to do this, some new members might think it is ok to work in their own messages for commercial products. I have seen this happen before, and a potentially helpful member is suddenly mad and confused, asking "why are these other messages allowed, and mine only generate hate and flames?" A regular posts about the products available on his web site and some comment that the site is nice and the products are wonderful. So, some hapless poster also posts about his products and he gets flamed. The new person might not know that some posters have a history of helping people, so their spam is "allowed" in some cases. I think mailing lists need firm rules. If it is an absolutely "no commercial messages allowed" list, then the moderator must not allow any mention of products being sold by the sender, regardless of the sender's list history or how much help they provide. Otherwise, there is a possibility for confusion. If the list allows links to commercial sites in their sigs, there should not be any advertising buried in the posts. Some lists have designated days for ads. This seems to work. A few lists have a firm, 'no URL or E-mail addy in their sig' rule. On one list I read, there is a special offer allowed for a specific product. It is a bulk buy offer, and when the seller gets ready to place a bilk order, he solicits smaller orders on the list. The problem is the deal is not really a good deal, and the poster is making a profit. What he sells will cost you $14.95 and $4.00 s/h. I buy it locally for $9.00 and no s/h. The other problem occurs when a new member reads the offer and posts his ad, thinking it is ok to post ads. I am not the moderator, and I have always played by the rules of every list I read. I see problems with some and one of my personal dislikes is inconsistent rules. In many cases, the moderator can't moderate properly and does not read and approve every message, so ads sneak through. List moderation is a big job, especially on an active list. Any contrary views? Bob
what dictionary do you have?? LOL LOL LOL. I am not sure, but the poster might have posted that the word was not in his dictionary, because he bought a used dictionary that was missing the word 'gullible.' Perhaps from some slickster (probably eBay: You must know that people are accepting, believing, born yesterday, dupable, easy marks, green, overtrusting, simple, they swallow whole, are taken in, too trustful, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary. Some people are quite fleeceable, you know? There must be a better word, but I also buy dictionaries and the occasional Thesaurus' from eBay as well. My writing is Lilliputian in its importance and amplitude, so I only need the five cent words. Perhaps he wanted to make us all look in our dictionaries (I have 5 or 6 of them). If that was the intent, then perhaps some of us were taken in...er, what is the word I want? You know, when we all fall for something? : adept, agile, alert, apt, astute, bold, brain, brainy, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, clever, crafty, effective, egghead, fresh, genius, good, hep, impertinent, ingenious, keen, knowing, long-haired, nervy, nimble, pert, pointed, quick, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, skull, slick, whiz, and a wise list member. Or... perhaps the word is not in every dictionary. I have read this before, but it is in several of mine. Located between gulibility and gullibly (Webster's New Twentieth Century Unabridged, Second Edition, 1968). Bob - Who is in at least one really old dictionary. (from Middle English: bobben, to move up and down, probably ultimately of imitative origin.)