If you don't like OT posts, why not just distract us with some piano related subject ??? Thump --- Tvak@aol.com wrote: > List (or what's left of it) > > All this discussion about how OT's are vital to the > list and it's our right, > blah blah blah... Well... > > Today there are 17 OT posts in my mailbox. 12 of > them, count 'em TWELVE are > from TWO individuals who in my opinion (more on that > later) are turning this > list into internet SPAM. > > One individual posted THREE responses to the same > post (bring 'em on OT) and > another individual also felt compelled to respond to > this same post THREE > times in addition to FOUR other OT posts today > alone. (Seven in one day. This > same individual posted NOTHING about pianos today.) > > Someone should do the math and I think you'd find > that a majority of the OT > crap on this list emanates from very few people. > > And...these are the same people who say it's their > right to post OTs and it > keeps the list vital. Well, to prove a point, why > don't we all post about 6 > OT posts each day? Will this make the list a > better or a worse place for > piano technicians to discuss pianos? > > Every now and then I can understand that a > discussion might lead to a topic > that is OT, and that in the sake of comaraderie, one > might find one's self > writing about something other than pianos. > > But how does one convince one's self that it is > appropriate to just BLATHER > ON about things that are not pertinent to the list. > SEVEN OT posts from one > individual and FIVE OTs from another, totalling > twelve in all. It's > ridiculous. > > Yes, I posted a response to that thread, too. One > response. I didn't feel > the need to post three on the same topic. But go > ahead and flame me for > it. > > After all, I'm nobody. For about 4 years, I have > read the list religiously, > learning things I could never learn in a book. I > have alot of respect for > some contributors to the list and I'd like to thank > them for everything they've > given me and the list over the years. I haven't > contributed much myself > and for that I probably have very little to say > about what the list has become. > I haven't volunteered much info over the years > because I don't feel I have > anything to say that someone else couldn't say > better. > > I think it's time for me to unsubscribe. (I know, > no one cares. Really, > this is just another OT post. But why not? Today, > there are 20 OTs vs. 27 on > pianos. If you can't beat 'em...) > > I lament what the list has become. It's so full of > crap that it saddens me. > Yeah, I can delete the OT posts. Thanks for > labelling them. But I don't > feel comfortable here anymore. With people > refusing to sign their own > names, signing with nicknames, feeling it's > appropriate to rant, rant, rant > relentlessly. Relentlessly. Really: > relentlessly. Even if I delete all the > OTs I still miss the lack of community, comaraderie, > respect and purpose that I > used to feel on the list. > > To the few individuals who have taken over the list > for their own agendas, > give it a break. Please. Do it for the rest of > you who stay on. > > Sincerely, > Why sign? It's not protocol anymore. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains – Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer
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