A story of a listowner....and "Goodbye" - Sharon
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]


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