Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, I had a similar experience when I was on a Suzuki mailing list a couple of years ago. The level of abuse and the level of brand fascism (everybody who rode anything but a Suzuki was by definition a total idiot, lowlife etc.) far exceeded anything seen here. I too was sorry to leave, since there WERE some helpful people there, but in the end the signal-to-noise ratio was just too low. Nathan D Dailey wrote: > Dear listers, from an "outsider:; > I am fairly new to this list. I enjoy it a lot. You really are a polite group with just a couple > rough spots once in a while. I am glad to scan the posts and learn more. > > An Example To Make All Of Us Feel Better... > I recently dropped off the VFR mailing list. It is a motorcycle mailing list for folks who own Honda VFR 'cycles. > I dropped off because I got tired of EXTREME language, physical threats, one death threat, and LOTS of misinterpretation of comments among the listers. > MANY of these guys seemed to have nothing better to do than write each day criticizing each other and making rude personal attacks re: each others posts. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/