Re: On Topic Off Topic Blah Blah Blah

Chill out. I am not trying to piss on the minute to minute accounts of
the drama he is sharing. Godspeed to him, but I am the second person
to mention Bryan's OT posts. I believe BigJim addressed it earlier in
the week. Has BigJim posted enough to have credibility with you?

In an unmoderated group like this, it is great when people follow
Usenet ettiquette. Sorry to stir your beans up but I came out of
lurking mode for the benefit of the group and I think I was friendly
about it - especially for someone typing a complaint in a NG.

Since you recognize your opinion as valuable enough to begin a new
thread on this, I would like to propose that this group become
moderated and that you, Kimberly be the moderator. Anyone else
support this? ....

Ahbtoos
HOF+



On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:44:08 -0400, "Kimberly"
<goldenrulzNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I'm going to address this because I think it's important. This is my
>opinion and only my opinion. I don't want to argue about it because I don't
>really give a hoot what anyone else thinks. There isn't any argument that
>will change my mind, in other words.
>
>I'm doing this because someone who I've never seen post in here decided to
>chastise one of the quitters about On Topic and Off Topic.
>
>I know that usenet has for centuries had it's rules and they are not to be
>broken for fear of being hung up by one's fingernails until dead. I also
>know that usenet is no longer just a place for the upper echelon of
>technical geeks and weirdos. Now that said...
>
>I do think some rules should be followed when using any service. It's a
>good idea to find out what they are and try to abide.
>
>When it comes to AS3 there's a few things we do to make it easy to read.
>
>Threads containing Jokes, Articles, Reposts, Games, FWD's from email, etc.
>should be labeled as such and/or as OT. That's a great help when trying to
>wade through them on busy days in AS3. They should be labeled that way.
>These are not personal accounts from quitters.
>
>On the other hand. When someone comes in here to share their life or things
>that are happening in their life, I think these things are definately ON
>Topic. No question about it. The essence of this group as a community
>lends itself to us being supportive in all aspects of a quitters life.
>Hence the word support in the name of the newsgroup.
>
>Besides all of that, when people are quitting many things tend to be
>happening in our lives that it's nice to be able to talk to others about in
>an attempt to keep ourselves from being stressed. The nature of a support
>group is to alleviate those stressors. Not add to them by being stringent.
>At least in the case of personal posts.
>
>>From my own experience I needed all the diversion that I could get when I
>was comtemplating quitting and newly quit. Especially on days like this
>week that at most there are 50 posts to read. I remember sitting here and
>refreshing every couple of minutes looking for someone or something to read.
>The best posts are the ones where people are sharing themselves. Why would
>we make them off topic?
>
>I'm glad I have this wonderful group to use as a support tool. No way am I
>going to let one person think that their personal postings are supposed to
>be labeled off topic. They are NOT off topic. All of these wonderful
>people with their wonderful stories are what AS3 is all about in the long
>run. They sustain us and keep us 'the nicest newsgroup' on usenet.
>
>Kimberly
>VOF
>
>

.

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