Ron, It's too bad you don't get the point! They are tired of this. And this is the place to do something about it. We need a moderator! As a general rule: If what you say shouldn't be published in the journal, don't put it here either. Rich Ron Nossaman wrote: > > List, > An observation or two, if I may. > > 1: If the complainers of the lack of technical discussion would post > technical discussion instead of complaints, there would be a higher > percentage of technical content in this List. This ought to be self evident > to everyone, but apparently is not. As the technical content diminishes, > the chit chat traffic increases. If you don't like the chit chat, bury it > in technical discussion. Overwhelm it with pertinent data. The fact is that > if someone says something interesting, people will be interested. If not, > it seems that people will just complain. > > 2: When a technical discussion is in progress, there are normally only two > or three participants of the dozen or so who are willing to join technical > discussions at all, none of whom are the habitual complainers of the lack > of technical content. > > Why don't the complainers join in when there is a technical discussion in > progress? They're awfully quiet when the information is flowing and only > tend to surface and get noisy when it stops. Who's getting the benefit of > whom here? Why do they offer so few of the technical observations and > comments that get these discussions started? Where is their contribution to > the much bemoaned deteriorated content of List traffic? I see precious > bloody little of it. If you want to know where the revered names of the > industry that used to traffic this List went, my guess is that they didn't > see any point in hanging around when so few of the List subscribers were > willing to put their egos and knowledge on the line for public scrutiny and > dissection when they got so little in return from the majority. This List > isn't intended as a school for lurkers complaining when the curriculum > doesn't meet their demands, it's a forum for the exchange of ideas and for > discussion of all things piano. We're it, folks. Any technical discussion > that appears here is generated by us. That's US, people, not HIM, not HER, > not THEM - US! That's ANY of us and ALL of us. Anyone that's learned a > nickle's worth from this list owes it a dime's worth back, and if all of us > paid our debt, we'd be swamped in technical discussion. Those that > contribute little should complain to the degree to which they contribute > when they don't like the way the List is going - seldom, or not at all. > Rather than crying that the List is wasting their time and not teaching > them anything, they should be teaching the rest of us some of what makes > their time so valuable. In my considered if not humble opinion, > consideration is earned by contribution. Help, don't just give us another > junk post to delete. > > Note: The subject heading says "no technical content", so it's likely that > the folks this was intended for won't read it anyway, and there's the pity. > For those who are actively contributing technicalities in an attempt to > make this List work, please disregard the above, with my congratulations, > gratitude, and apologies for wasting your time. > > Ron N
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