[meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule

From: michael cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:10:56 -0700
Message-ID: <52121777-B1F3-4627-8351-10A81232F1A2_at_gilanet.com>

Dude you are one of the people who are clueless and YES a vote BY
Everyone ON The Issue Once And For ALL would be great. I would even
abide by a REAL vote.

Michael Cottingham



On Oct 15, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Gary Chase wrote:

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> Great Idea=2C have a real vote by all 900 members to see if they
> want to ha=
> ve an ad post by each and every member every other day which is
> still less =
> than your average.
> =20
> Gary
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>> From: mikewren at gilanet.com
>> To: deanbessey at yahoo.com
>> Date: Thu=2C 15 Oct 2009 12:50:13 -0700
>> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule
>>
>> Hello=2C
>>
>> DITTO. Also the days when we had the MOST ads=2C were the most
>> productive on the list. THE BEST TOPICS. THE BEST CONVERSTION ON
>> METEORITES COINCIDED WITH THE MOST ADS. So a big part of this whole
>> topic is BULLSHIT. If you really want to do it right for THE FIRST
>> TIME -have a real vote. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS LIST LONGER THAN 70% of
>> the folks on this list. So if you want a true historical perspective
>> maybe ask someone who's been here a lot longer than the critics...
>>
>> Michael Cottingham
>> On Oct 15=2C 2009=2C at 12:13 PM=2C dean bessey wrote:
>>
>>>>> about advertising in his forum. Advertising is a privilege=2C
>>>>> not a
>>> right and Art was considering having no ads at all due to abuse.
>>> The consensus=2C at the time=2C was that way too many ads were being
>>> posted and that one-ad-per-week should be a rule. List members
>>> input was taken into account so this was not only Art's wishes but
>>> the majority of other members as well.>=20
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is flat out wrong. There never was any consensus. Art went on
>>> record as saying that he did not mind ads.
>>> What happened was that 4 or 5 people decided that they would hijack
>>> Art's list as if it was their own and decide to prevent people from
>>> making "to many" (Whatever that means) ads. After months and months
>>> of bombarding the list with anti ad attack postings Art basically
>>> tried to shut up the malcontents that dont appriciate the fact that
>>> they have the privelidge being a part of what is basically the best
>>> online meteorite forum and said "OK=2C one a week".
>>> Then=2C rather than shut up=2C these 4 or 5 people decide to declare
>>> themselves sherrif and kept going on with this anti ad campaign and
>>> even the most minor offence (Even during big shows like tucson and
>>> munich) was enough to make attack postings. They decided to continue
>>> making an ass of themselves and continue their efforts to hijack
>>> arts list as if it was their own.
>>> Then after people started leaving the list because of all these
>>> attack postings they had the gall to claim that "They left because
>>> of the ads". (The fact that people werent leaving before their
>>> hijacking and attacking efforts is conveniently ignored).
>>> Nobody leaves this list because of the ads (Well there may have been
>>> 2 or 3 people who left because they are to stupid to use the delete
>>> button or block sender button in their email settings and dislaike
>>> the fact that people are allowed to own meteorites like the cultural
>>> property people in some governments but its an insignificant few).
>>> People leave because of the bickering. Dont try and twist it around
>>> that its not because of those 4 or 5 people that is basically
>>> ruining things for everybody.
>>> Becides why are you 4 or 5 people constantly harrassing the other
>>> 1000 of us with your diatrabes? An iq of about six would enable you
>>> to understand that the only person who matters is art so why dont
>>> you email him rather than the rest of us who cant do anything even
>>> if we did buy the fact that you somehow have the right to
>>> unilaterally declare yourselves sherrif even though you have no
>>> ownership or control of this list?
>>> The answer of course is that Art has the smarts to ignore the
>>> whackos.
>>> Nobody is forcing anybody to be a part of this list. You dont even
>>> need arts permission to leave. You can do it yourself.
>>> Stop this assanine BS and let us talk meteorites and have sales. If
>>> you have a problem dont complain to the other 1000 of us.
>>> And the "Majority consensus" that you refer to is about the same as
>>> what the "Majority consensus" of an iranian election would be. It is
>>> flat out not the will of the majority of list members or the list
>>> owner but the will of 4 or 5 people who wants to run the list as
>>> they see fit (Like the aftermat of an Iranian election).
>>> I suspect that cottingshams lastest excessive postings are designed
>>> to entertain and see how big an ass that certain paople can make of
>>> themselves by complaining about them. Some people has posted 2 anti
>>> ad attacks for every one of cottingshams supposedly excessive ads.
>>> The other 1000 of us are surely happy about that.
>>> Go away. The consensus of the silent majority dont want to listen to
>>> your attacks anymore
>>> Sincerely
>>> DEAN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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