[meteorite-list] So sad, so bad - downtime a g a i n ???

From: Jonathan Gore <jonathan301_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Dec 11 19:02:48 2004
Message-ID: <41BB8A9B.3000500_at_earthlink.net>

Maybe the list should be moderated, at least temporarily.

bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:
> I will take the liberty to quote from a few mails I've received of
> late and hope the people who wrote them will pardon me for doing so!
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>>I too grow weary of the list and certain types of threads. For me
>>the list has become a real annoyance to my life. I find myself
>>reading less and less...which is too bad.
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>>we've discussed many times how very few messages to the list we
>>actually read, and how negatively the list has impacted our community.
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>>Even though I was not present at the Met-List's inception, I have read many
>>archive posts and recognize its change from an informational and proper site
>>to, well, I don't know how to describe the list today. I can also do without
>>the list's daily digressions and ego wars
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>>Many of us have been on the List since its conception in, when was it, 1997
>>maybe? And I, like ... (and maybe others) are no longer on the List. I just got
>>fed up with the non-meteorite stuff and saw yet another non-meteorite battle
>>brewing and pulled plug.
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>>Sadly the Meteorite List has cost lots of dealers customers and many collectors
>>have got out of collecting because of the negative posts. It is a spoiled child
>>in bad need of discipline ...
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>>a list of responsible meteorite collectors who share a love of that
>>hobby rather than misuse what was once a good idea for a list.
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>>my delete button is wearing out on my key pad from most of
>>the recent posts on the List. I`m tired of all of the things ...
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>>The B.S. on the List goes beyond annoyance to the point
>>where it is actually diminishing my enjoyment of the hobby.
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>>A lot of important people have left the List because of the poor
>>content and bad behavior that exists there. I sometimes cringe
>>when I read some of the posts made to the list knowing that people
>>like Carleton Moore and Art Ehlmann, to name just two, might be
>>reading the same garbage.
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Received on Sat 11 Dec 2004 07:02:35 PM PST