I am concerned that there has not been a single response beyond this to the
aggrieved user's post yet.
Parker
On 2/18/07, William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
Hi, Samuel. Good pseudonym choice, by the way; I loved that movie.
Samuel L Bronkowitz wrote:
I did not send "8 messages in a row." I
sent updates, when new
developments
happened.
I see that the "moderation" system put them in all at once, and I got
eight
"your comment is being moderated"
notices at once.
Since you obviously do not care about systemic abuse, feel free to just
not
read my emails.
People here do care a lot about systemic abuse.
I think the problem you're running into is that a lot of people who end
up on the unhappy end of some administrative action feel they are being
abused, so we don't see a lot of correlation between accusations of
abuse and actual abuse. That doesn't mean we don't care, but it does
mean you probably won't get the instant and vigorous reaction you were
hoping for.
Further, you sent a lot of long messages in a short span of time,
without waiting for a reaction. When writing to a large mailing list,
anything you send takes up a lot of human time. I'm sure you didn't mean
to give this impression, but demanding that people pay attention to that
kind of volume doesn't demonstrate much respect for their time. A better
approach would be to write one short, clear email and then wait for
somebody to ask you for more details.
And lastly, your messages came across to me as strident and demanding,
messages from somebody who felt slighted and upset. I'm sorry you felt
that way, but expressing that so strongly in your emails doesn't help
your cause. The people here see a lot of drama, most of it unnecessary,
and all of it wearying. There's also a negative correlation between the
amount of strong negative emotion in a message and its utility. So in
the future you're probably better off waiting until you cool down some.
Does that help?
Regards,
William
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