[Foundation-l] Top posters

Thu Apr 3 15:31:33 UTC 2008

Thank you Austin for your answer as to why I got no reply.
I didn't figure it was personal, I just was curious as to why
there wasn't even so much as a "thanks for the idea, but no."

Makes a little more sense now.

-Chad

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Austin Hair <adhair at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > After last month's top-posters list was released, I sent the following
>  >  e-mail to Michael and Adhair, our moderators of the list. I wasn't even
>  >  given a reply, so I thought asking this publicly might spark some
>  >  discussion as to why exactly this thread on "top posters" continues
>  >  to exist.
>
>  This was one of a great many e-mails I received suggesting that this
>  or that thread be killfiled, and to be frank, I ignored them all.  It
>  definitely wasn't personal.
>
>  As for posting post counts, I honestly don't consider it disruptive.
>  Personally, I kind of like it—seriously, guys, do you have to weigh in
>  on every thread?  I'm not saying your posts have negative value—in
>  fact, they're often insightful—but they'd count for a lot more if you
>  only posted when you had something really good to say.
>
>  Austin
>
>
>
>  >  >
>  >  > from  Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>
>  >  > to    mbimmler at gmail.com, adhair at gmail.com,
>  >  > date  Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:42 PM
>  >  > subject       Fwd: [Foundation-l] Top posters
>  >
>  > >
>  >  > Question:
>  >  >
>  >  > Given the recent increase in moderation on this list
>  >  > (which I have to applaud, thank you), might I suggest
>  >  > this be added to the killfile? It does nothing to promote
>  >  > discussion and effectively makes posting into a
>  >  > pissing contest. Thanks.
>  >  >
>  >  > -Chad H.
>  >
>  >  Thanks for any comments anyone can put in.
>  >
>  >  -Chad
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > Here are the top posters for March. Thomas Dalton takes the "win"
>  >  >  again.
>  >  >
>  >  >   Thomas Dalton 86  Ray Saintonge 81  Geoffrey Plourde 78  GerardM 75  David
>  >  >  Gerard 75  Dan Rosenthal 64  Anthere 60  Andrew Whitworth 60  Nathan 52
>  >  >  Brian 48  Chad 40  Mark Williamson 36  effe iets anders 34  Robert
>  >  >  Rohde 33  White
>  >  >  Cat 33  Birgitte SB 31  Delirium 26  Milos Rancic 26  Yaroslav M.
>  >  >  Blanter 23  Ziko
>  >  >  van Dijk 23  Screamer 23  Brian McNeil 22  Mike Godwin 21  Erik Moeller 18
>  >  >  geni 18
>  >  >
>  >  >
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