Well, w/ all the uproar over the list, i decided to
add my .02 (and w/out adding invective directed to any
individual list member).
My main beef w/ the list is that i come across
more crap that interesting reading material.
As a result, i often don't read many posts
but rather scroll through (the digest) to get
to the one or two interesting posts in each digest.
Where does the crap come from (?):
-people who reply to a particular comment and don't
snip everything but the very core of the idea they're
responding to.
-people who post long lists: radio shows, sales, their
record collection contents...
-people who post the same message 2 or 3 times...and
in the same digest no less.
-people who have long &/or cluttered .sig's (i think this one has
been remedied, now that whoever had that sig. that
scrolled down 2 pages no longer posts or changed his .sig).
-people who post encrypted/binary messages to the list
-people who don't think before posting &/or respond in
a juvenile manner (ie. "Fuck you." "NO, FUCK YOU!")
Why don't people post more intelligent & interesting things?
(i.e. reviews, debates on a particular issue that are well-thought
out). Perhaps because after wading through so much crap, people
don't have the time to.