Yeah, it kinda made me raise an eyebrow when I read it, but OTOH, it was v. polite, and really, is something that we could, in theory, be interested in. If it repeated, I'd be against it, but...frankly, in among a bunch of "oh, I'm grey for the weekend" stuff, is it that shocking or out of place? I don't find it so bad.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
meara - Apr 25, 2006 6:50:18 pm PDT #6644 of 10001
Sean K - Apr 26, 2006 5:03:41 am PDT #6645 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I would just like to say that I love that no one tried to engage with the poster in thread and "set them straight" about "how we do things".
Well, speaking just for myself, I only saw the Beep Me post and Beep Me isn't the kind of thread where you get to do that.
Cashmere - Apr 26, 2006 5:17:41 am PDT #6646 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I was waiting to see if the person actually appeared in a thread like Natter. Since they didn't, I just figured it was drive by spam--which doesn't usually create a call for action.
Trudy Booth - Apr 26, 2006 5:18:13 am PDT #6647 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think that such posts are OK so long as they are polite and infrequent. If we start getting a lot of them, then we can discuss a formal rule.
Second that. Well, third that. Well, I Agree With Jon and Laura.
Nutty - Apr 26, 2006 5:20:34 am PDT #6648 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It was x-posted in Natter (kind of high-volume, I understand), and nobody said anything about it there. Personally, I just rolled my eyes and decided not to bother getting shirty unless it happened in Beep Me more than once.
The politeness is what pushed me into the roll-my-eyes camp, FWIW. It might still be spam, but the person put some thought into "please tell me if I am doing it wrong."
SailAweigh - Apr 26, 2006 7:37:35 am PDT #6649 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm with the eye-rolling and moving on. A one-time deal doesn't ping me at all and if I was interested in memorabilia I might have actually checked it out. I still might, there's a number of seasons of trading cards I don't have yet. The only way it would annoy is if they started giving updates on their stock.
Volans - Apr 26, 2006 8:09:40 pm PDT #6650 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Can someone point me in the direction of the mailing list addresses? I want to send the DC-istas a note and can't remember the address.
Maria - Apr 26, 2006 8:14:32 pm PDT #6651 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Raq, dcistas at buffistas dot org.
Volans - Apr 27, 2006 2:09:56 am PDT #6652 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Thanks, Maria
meara - Apr 27, 2006 6:18:14 pm PDT #6653 of 10001
Right, I think I'm supposed to somehow be an administrator of the DCista list, or something? But I have no idea how to. Can anyone send me an email (mearagirl at yahoo) and tell me what to do? I'm not even sure I'm ON the list...