I am forwarding this to the list with permission of the sender.
This is an example of what happens as a result of the abuse of the list as I
described.
Fred Criswell
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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 08:59:25 -0500
From busyrider at springmail.com
To: busyrider@springmail.com
Subject: Re: wasting band width?
I agree! I just joined this group two days ago and today canceling.
Too much BS cluttering my email. Too bad.
R. Rogers, Brooksville, FL
> I will retreat slightly from my originally posted opinion and say that
> I agree that there is benefit to listers from some of the off-topic
> discussions. This would include travel and trip advice, help with
> another type of car, etc.
>
> But the type of chat room exchanges like the one started below don't
> benefit the list AT ALL.
>
> Six or ten people will criticise me for this and that will prove my point.
> A handful of subscribers are the only ones interested in this chatter.
>
> To put it nicely, it would be more appropriate if the handful of you
> just emailed each other privately like most people do with jokes and such.
>
> I have been at cars shows and heard negative comments about the Spridget
> list mostly along the lines that its a waste of time and subscribers use it
> mostly to chat about things unrelated to Spridgets. With comments like that
> going around, many people don't even subscribe.
>
> If you don't like those last comments, don't get mad at me, I didn't
> say it, it's what I heard. This would be a better list if it had a
> better reputation. Instead a few spoil it for the majority.
>
> Fred Criswell
>
> > chuck
> > still the world's largest sprite driver.
> > this should stirr up some creative waste of band width to help out .
>
> After some e-mail with Chuck, I have decided I'm the second largest
> Spridgeteer, but believe me, there's LOTS of room between first and second
> place! Right, Chuck?
>
> Maybe we should change this thread to "waisting" band width? ;-)
>
> Chris Eck*
>
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