Alison,
Do you thank me, as well as Sharon and Deborah, for my responses? I think
that's only fair since my responses have as much merit as theirs, don't you
think?
I need your explanation about two things you said that I simply don't
understand. First, how have my posts been inhibiting other discussions?
And, second, what does "trolling" mean?
Your response to those questions may influence my decision, so I await your
answers.
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: me, May B
> Hmmm.
>
> Thanks, Sharon and Deborah, for your responses.
>
> Judy, neither Randolph nor I have any desire to censor this list - we all
> wander enjoyably off-topic at times, and that is as it should be - but we
> do
> assume that people will exercise basic courtesies in posting. Messages
> posted to this list go out to more than 200 people.
>
> I've been on this list since its inception (and no, people have not, to my
> knowledge, been leaving - us listowners get little notices when that
> happens...) The heteronym/alternative personae thing turns up regularly in
> cyberland and is, frankly, a little tired... As does the protest "why not
> press the delete button?" when list members object to their bandwidth
> being
> clogged - I have been troubled recently however by the feeling that your
> posts have been inhibiting other discussion; even more so when such
> discussions prompt mockery or outrage from one or other of your personae.
> It does, from this end, look rather like trolling.
>
> I'm not interested in entering extended discussions on your right to
> self-express; but I will point out that membership of a listserv is not an
> inalienable right. Perhaps some of the things you wish to post might
> belong
> better on a blog, where people can choose to visit. I will take your
> apology at face value and hope that you listen to the requests of your
> fellow list members.
>
> Best
>
> Alison
>
> On 22/8/05 3:45 AM, "sharon brogan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> please, do not so quickly dismiss these requests as rude, or selfish,
>> or controlling. they are, simply, requests for courtesy to the rest of
>> us.
>
> On 22/8/05 3:45 AM, "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Deborah, in addition to my feeling that I choose to continue whatever it
>> is
>> I'm trying to express in my messages that you don't like, as well as
>> those
>> you do like, I'm telling you that making a person feel that it is better
>> to
>> stifle herself, for the sake of others, may lead even more people to drop
>> off the List, as they apparently have. What can be the good in such an
>> atmosphere?
>
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
>
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