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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 02:20:20 GMT
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 02:24:23 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
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> I just popped in a few minutes ago and checked out some of the threads
> people mentioned...for example the |||||| Mindstorms thread. Wow. I just
> haven't been reading RTL closely for a while...and I have to agree that it
> has gone downhill in some way which is difficult to quantify, but in any
> case it seems a bit less friendly.
Agreed. When I first started reading RTL (May 97?), I would read
virtually each and every post. And I enjoyed doing so. Now I skip
the majority of it, only occasionally parsing a thread to see what
it's about. Often, as in the case of the Mindstorms thread, the
content is very.... discouraging, to put it nicely.
> What's going on there? Is it because the old-timers have either left or
> decided to participate less and a new set of "new timers" have popped up and
> populated the group with a newer philosophy on flamage? Or is it just a
> tense time because everyone is antsy to hear about the 1999 stuff?
Hard to say. There are still a lot of old-timers there, but the
civility level has dropped appreciably. I don't believe that "being
antsy" is a factor. I don't recall RTL being this way last year at
this time. I have just assumed that the situation has been brought on
(or in) by the influx of new people. And some of those people have
carried over their behaviors from other groups. And it seems that the
peer pressure to conform has dropped as well, with less polite
admonishments to the transgressors. Perhaps from frustration?
> It's kind of frightening...I really don't feel comfortable there anymore.
> :-( :-(
I am not uncomfortable, but I am a getting a little annoyed and bored.
Which is pretty bad in itself.
I used to think RTL was a fun and safe place, and could recommend it
without reservation. But now I would have to think twice about that.
Why? Because new people inevitably ask newbie questions. At one
time, those questions would be kindly answered. Now, more often than
not, they get flamed. Not the best thing for someone looking for
friendship online.
-- Terry K --
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| Terry K wrote in message <3661fca9.1478769@lu...et.com>... (...) Well, I've bailed out, for the most part. I just don't have the time anymore to wade through 80 auctions and messages about things that do not interest me. Then there are all the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) OK, fair enough. What I meant by it not being designed as a barrier was that its original intent was not to be a barrier, even though in practice it is of course a small barrier. I hate to see it tossed about AS a barrier as if that were its (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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