SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (was Re: It's legal now)

[scourge at cogeco.ca (Scourge)]

Thanx, someone needed to say that.

-George
P.S. Mark, you need to come down sometime and enjoy what you helped me
create, muahahahahaha

>
>
> Well my (and others') subtle hints haven't worked, so:
>
> WTF!!!!!  WOULD YOU GUYS SHUT THE HELL
> UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I don't know if I'm
> speaking for anyone else here, but this constant babbling about
> nothing related to Sciroccos, or even cars for that matter, is
> diluting the list to the point where it's 99% noise...  EFUCKINGNUFF
> ALREADY!!!
>
> This email list has tolerated more off-topic stuff than most, and that
> was a good thing - it made for interesting reading, and spawned and
> fortified many friendships over the years.  BUT it's gotten way out of
> hand...
>
> Without naming names, I'm tired of seeing the same (very) small
> handful of people dragging threads on and on without contributing a
> single meaningful thing to it...  I think you guys are forgetting
> there are HUNDREDS of people subscribed to this list, and no one wants
> to see the same two or three people clogging their inboxes with
> useless drivel, OVER and OVER and OVER again...   And it's not just
> the odd thread this is happening to - lately, pretty much EVERY thread
> has been hijacked long after the question has been answered, and
> continues on and on with bullshit reply after bullshit reply...
>
> It's hard to maintain a sense of "community" when the majority of
> traffic mostly revolves around a small circle of people - ESPECIALLY
> when the people in that circle have very little, if anything, to add
> to the knowledge base of the list...  It's actually pretty amazing how
> a few people can completely change the dynamic of an email list of
> hundreds of people - in this case, for the worse...
>
> I miss the vibrant, varied, and entertaining scirocco.org list of the
> past - maybe it's gone forever, maybe it'll return - but hopefully I
> can convince a *couple* people to think about the content of their
> post before they hit 'Send'...  When you reply to a post will the
> hundreds of people reading your reply find it informative, meaningful,
> or at the very least entertaining or humorous?  If not, maybe you
> should make your point OFF-LIST to that person...  I think the meaning
> of "public forum" got lost on some of you, and the list has suffered
> as a result...
>
> I don't want to scare anyone off (especially newbies) from posting -
> if you've got a question, answer, observation, or even a story about
> cars/driving in general, great, post away!  That's what we're all here
> for!  Even the odd friendly jab is alright...  BUT ease up on the one
> sentence posts (usually top posted with the 39 previous replies
> unsnipped below) that contribute NOTHING to the thread...  I can't be
> the only one that's frustrated with this...
>
> People are leaving the list (whether or not they announce it), and by
> the looks of it many have receded into lurk-mode.  I think the present
> "vibe" of the list isn't conducive to it's growth as the best source
> of information and discussion of our beloved cars.  Sorry to rant like
> this guys, but I don't want to sit idly by while the list I've grown
> to love and look forward to reading every day degrades to the point
> where I no longer want to be a part of it...
>
> Mark.
> 75
> 80 S
> 81 Caddy
> 90 Audi Coupe Quattro - 10vt
>
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