On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 12:08:36PM +1100, Cheryl _ wrote:
You could have told me to bugger off - I wouldn't have liked it(who would?) but because I don't know any of you, you don't actually matter to me - so I would have been able to take it...At least it would have been honest. You people are exceptionally rude.
If we have been rude, I assure you, it was nothing personal. How long have you been on the net? To expect more of us is being a bit unreasonable.
Whether *I* respond to a post or not has got nothing to do with whoever posted it, but with the content of the post; whether it's said something that I want to respond to. Half the time I don't even notice who posted it, even when they're names I know. Yes, there are names that I recognise, because they're vociforous or eloquent or controversial posters, or have been here a long time, or have become friends over the years...
How many names can I remember without prompting? Calle (our ListOwner), Judith Proctor, Mistral, Neil Faulkner, Carol "The Godmother" McCoy, Leah Rosenthal, Annie Wortham, Tavia, Sally Manton, Sondra Swiegman, Ross Mallet, Natasa, Sue Beth, and... er... um... That's about a dozen. And how many are there on the list? About 300.
If you *really* want so desperately to be noticed, you could always be a troll like Wendy, but I don't reccommend it. Or is that actually what you're doing, in calling us "exceptionally rude"?
Look, I spend 2-4 hours a day reading my email, with the various mailing lists I'm on. I am *never* going to respond to every post. To expect me to is being completely unfair and ruddy unreasonable. (goes off and checks mailbox) Okay, I've sent 18 posts to the list this month. Of those 18, one of them was initiating a new thread, all the others were responses. I'm not sure what that signifies...
Kathryn Andersen (tired and hot) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "If your head comes away from your neck, it's over!" -- Ramirez (Highlander)