ADMIN: list etiquette

[Dave Head]

Conversation flow 'follows' - however the idea of re-reading Bernie's 
continually pithy and derogatory comments makes me ill. The email world, 
in business and pleasure works the opposite. Period. If you read your 
email in timed order its easy to keep up with topic flow.
I've been a part of Audifans for a long time - over 8 years. I joined 
the 200q20V list not because I owned one, but because having a V8 with 
the same diagnostic software (and suspension, etc, eyc, etc) allowed me 
to participate in a meaningful manner.
I just counseled my son to leave an Audiworld local club forum following 
a lot of BS including rude, nasty comments and capricious deleting of 
threads by a moderator who didn't even have the guts to explain his 
actions. I've stopped attending meetings with our local club for the 
same basic reasons.
A LOT of talented people have left these lists or dropped down into lurk 
mode.
Brett, you're welcome to run this list any way you like. You're the 
moderator. Generally, you do a decent job.
I don't need this BS. I definitely don't need the negativity of Bernie 
hiding behind his keyboard. I will share one key fact I learned early 
on: I figured that the people who were the worst egocentric assholes 
posting to the qlist were just that way because they didn't have to 
worry about actually meeting the people they loved to beat up on.
That is, until I met them. That's when I found found out how wrong I 
was. In person, they were just as bad, if not worse.

My next action will be to go unsub at the website - there's no need to 
reply, because I won't be listening. I'll still be subbed at the V8 list 
(as long as Steve is the moderator). Otherwise Ill be hanging out on the 
TDI club forums with Dan Simones...

Bernie Benz wrote:

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>>From: MAXIMUM at WEETAMOO.COM
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>>>Your  "list etiquette" goes way beyond what I would consider to be
>>>reasonable.
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>>>You may be the admin of this list, but this list lives and breathes by the
>>>knowledge and the experience of the membership.
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>>>We can (and will if necessary) find another "sandbox" to play in....which
>>>may leave you administering an email list of 1....
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>>HERE HERE PETER!
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>>>(lister and contributor to quattro lists since 1994)
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>>When the ADMIN was about 13 or 14 years old.
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>So what, Paul?
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