Subject: A story of a listowner....and "Goodbye" From: Sharon Date: May 13, 1999 Once upon a time there was a listowner who constantly criticized his subscribers. He "owned" several lists. He would berate them publicly, on the list, for not using a subject line which conformed to his mandated guidelines - although none of the other lists required this format. He would post one little tidbit of information, then proceed with lines and lines of off-topic subject matter. He rambled and made incoherent sentences in his messages, so no one quite understood who he was talking about or what he was saying. He would alter subscribers' posts, interjecting his "commentaries". If anyone dared to disagree or question him, he would "unsub" them. So. very few people risked public humiliation by posting. Then, one day, he committed an offense that couldn't go unnoticed by the Rootsweb VIPs and was removed as listowner. Some nice, pleasant person took over and people started posting. Connections were made. Today, that list is active and alive with posts. Steve, your image is becoming consistent with the above - a ruler rather than an overseer. You preach to us about changing subject lines when the "conversation" changes, yet you haven't done that with some recent posts. After the apologies, you refused to let the subject die and ontinued to post numerous messages. I have been a "lurker" for a long time on this list and, lately, have considered leaving because of the number of personal messages, thank you notes, etc. It easy for someone to say "Just hit the delete button", but I have an old slow computer and simply don't have time to wait for each of these irrelevent messages to appear, then wait longer for the machine to delete them. This feud is the end of this list for me. It wasn't enough that Steve had to post multiple lengthy messages from a year ago, which could have been sent privately to those who care. (I thought it was interesting how he "unsubbed" Schmitz, THEN posted these messages - effectively, not allowing her to respond.) Now, someone named "Felicia" has jumped in with her mini-comments and added even more worthless messages for me to delete. Sorry, folks, but between Steve's sarcastic comments and "holier than thou" attitude, the many personal and off-topic posts, and this feud which has filled my mailbox and taken my slow computer a long time to delete, I am outta here. Unfortunately, I am also on other lists owned by Steve and I suppose I am risking being unsubbed from them, too.... I wanted to find my Turner/Rives connection, but will look elsewhere. Thanks to everyone who has helped in my search. If you have comments, PLEASE email me privately to prevent junking up the list with even more messages on this subject. Sharon Turner Yoder [email protected] ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |