Re: FN-FORUM why all the fuss?

date posted 7th July 2001 20:19

Pete I think some of the things you've said touch on validity but one thing
that appeals to me about this list is the professionalism coupled with the
light heartedness. No other list would allow a platform flame war like the
one that just proceeded on Friday, which although not totally productive it
can bring up issues that we all want to discuss, other lists I'm a member of
would ban members outright for carrying on like that.

Another issue you should consider is that this is a freelance list.
Freelancers tend to work at home alone. This forum gives a social outlet for
something that could be a very isolating situation for some people. It has
tended to be all fine and dandy, nobody has complained about these "sad"
messages or tried to stop them but they have been in the nature of the list.

Spamming a list does not as far as I can tell add to the list in any way or
form and the difference between spam and the 'sad' messages is simply that
people don't or haven't complained about the 'sad' messages. Spam on the
other hand tends to draw in loads of complaints as you've pointed out.

I'd much prefer to trawl through messages of people chatting and sharing
tips and tricks on web design which may not totally relate to me than
trawling through messages like Johns which relate to nobody but his own
financial gain.

On 07/07/01 05:35 pm, "Matt Russell" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> anal the latest addition to your vocabulary?
>
> i agree with some of your points, but should all work be business? a bit of
> personalization can do no harm in life...
>
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Peter McCormack
>> Sent: 07 July 2001 17:09
>> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM why all the fuss?
>>
>>
>> U lot all winge about spam, but I have to agree with Jonny just
>> delete it. I
>> get fed up with the useless crap that comes through here from all you
>> righteous ones, the same people who leave sad messages like I need a beer,
>> then someone will go get me a pint, and then you'll get 50 messages from
>> people saying I want this drink and I want that drink. Thats just one
>> example I can give, stop being so sad, he left one message asking
>> for a bit
>> of help and you lot send a 100 messages winging about it, god dam anal
>> saddos
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nicholas Berry [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:28 AM
>> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM why all the fuss?
>>
>>
>>> It's not about the space of 1 piece of Spam. Spam is a bit like Cancer
>>> (although perhaps more curable and less fatal) you have to
>> eradicate every
>>> cell and make certain it doesn't raise it's ugly head in any way, it has
>> to
>>> be killed at birth, nipped in the bud, even if it seems fairly innocuous
>> at
>>> first, otherwise it will spread and take hold, like a rose
>> sucker and you
>>> end up with a forum full of useless shite and it will kill genuine
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> There are plenty of ways of advertising on the Internet and ways to get
>>> people to willingly sign up to receive e-mail news letters and
>> such like.
>>> What you need to do is have a real product people want, and to employ a
>>> good Web designer/developer to set up for you :-)
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.artberry.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Johnny Kattouf
>>> Sent: 06 July 2001 22:25
>>> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>> Subject: FN-FORUM why all the fuss?
>>>
>>>
>>> Why do you guys have to make a big deal about everything, it just so
>>> typical british, just like the tabloids. If you objected that i posted
>>> that, just ignore it. its not like it took up too much space...
>> don't get
>>> me started on all those of you who post long Html documents and
>> don't even
>>> bother to delete irrelevant portions of the emails before replying.
>>>
>>> anyway..... keep smiling :)
>>>
>>> johnny
>>>
>>>
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