[Leica] Why lurk

["Jack Herron" <jherron@theriver.com>]

Rob,
    I "lurk";
1.  To see other peoples work, and hopefully learn from it.  And I have.
2.  To read the criticisms and advice offered by members of the group, and
hopefully learn from it.  And I have.
3.  To learn more about the Leicas I have, and those I don't, Leica lenses
and accessories.  And I have.
4.  To avoid being a negative influence on the group by injecting more venom
into the witches brew.  There is more than enough hatred and verbal violence
here without any contributions from me.
5.  To evaluate, by non-destructive observation, the artistic talents of the
members, and their merits as human beings, both of these being made evident
in their posts.

    I think Paul Carter has drawn an accurate and very graphic analogy of
the group.  As imagery goes, it is up there with the best of the group's
photography.  And it is without rancor or hatred or violence, accurate but
gentle.  All in all, an excellent job of lurking!

Jack
Jack C. Herron
8118 E. 20th St.
Tucson, AZ 85710
520 885-6933
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hardy Carter" <carterph@wanadoo.es>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] LUGforum and feuds?


> Rob:
>
> I don't know if I'm lurking or not, as I have posted a few times. But I'm
new here and I'm just getting used to the ambiance or this place. All in all
I like it.
>
> There seems to be a few technical people sitting at a table by the door
occasionally raising their voices about integrity, an amiable bunch in the
middle of the room swapping travel stories and showing each other pictures,
some wheeler-dealers over there in the dark corner buying and selling stuff,
a number of folks sitting around the walls with drinks in their hands,
silently watching, and a couple of belligerent drunks at the bar trying to
start a fight.
>
> I really don't believe in walking into a new place and commencing to tell
everyone there how to behave, but some of things I've read here are
astonishing. I've always thought an email group is like a debating society,
with people putting forward propositions and hearing what other people
think, but the fundamental rule of such debates is that you only take the
floor if you have something to say that sheds new light on the subject. Some
people here seem to like the sound of their own voices a little too much,
and believe critical attack to be the highest form of intellectual
discourse.
>
> So in answer to your question - Why lurk? - I don't think of it as
lurking, just waiting until I have something useful to say on a particular
subject.
>
> Paul.
> (Hoping that he's increasing the signal and not the noise.)
>
>
> At 9:07 +0200, 28/9/02, Rob Appleby wrote:
> >I think this is the first time anything has come down the lugforum pipe
for
> >months. It never seems to get used, - maybe the concept is a bit flawed.
If
> >you start something in one forum, it seems strange to continue it in
> >another.
> >
> >I do wonder though what the silent majority are subscribed for. Why lurk?
It
> >doesn't make much sense to me.
> >
> >-- Rob
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