Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:56:16 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >Maybe you wouldn't get so many silent types, strangers, if it weren't so
> > >publicized on r.f.c. announcing who's there, blahblahblah. At what
> > >point do those announcements become spam? Maybe never, I don't know.
> > >If you're the same people in there all the time and you're looking for
> > >each other, maybe you could email each other your announcements instead.
> >
> > Agreed. I've come close to killfiling the word, "chat" for that very
> > reason. On the other hand, the frequent announcements have brought a
> > lot of people to the channel who wouldn't have popped in otherwise.
> > But I still think it's gotten to be a bit much. Should be listed as
> > OT at the very least.
> >
> > Carol
>
> Shouldn't be posted - at the very least. Sorry, Carol, but any other
> repetitive announcement would be pounced upon by one, all, many, most,
> or some as spam. Victor posts a reminder to the FAQ file what, once a
> week? Once a month? Great; that's directly related to the group. Why
> don't y'all develop a group mailing list and email each other to a
> faretheewell. I don't give a rat's tail who's chatting or isn't.
> Maybe my attitude would improve with estrogen but I doubt it.

Hows-a-bout estrogin? hehe

Sheldon