Matt McGee ([email protected])
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:57:20 -0800
So Wire is filled with immature attitudes, people on Exit are too picky,
and you're tired of the flame wars? That is comical!!
<sarcasm>
Here's my suggestion: how about if all 4,000+ people on Wire just go off
and create their own individual mailing lists. Don't invite anyone else
to join, because the minute another person shows up you will run the risk
of having opinions which differ from yours, and (gasp!) possibly a
flame-war. Send email to your list about whatever U2-related subject you
feel is appropriate, and be sure to respond with another message saying
how great the original post was. This will help you avoid all appearance
of reasonable debate, which apparently has become a bad thing now on
mailing lists.
</sarcasm>
Like Will, I am also tired of the segregation. As someone who has been
subscribed at one point or another to four different U2 lists, I can say
that Wire is the only list I've seen where legitimate, thoughtful debate
takes place on a daily basis. Sure, there's more noise here, too, but
that's a small price to pay to read opinions that differ from mine. On
the many smaller lists I've read, people are too afraid anymore to step
on each other's toes and the posts are nothing but repeated news that's
posted here first, and a bunch of happy fluff that doesn't do much for
me. I'm glad the people on those lists, however, are enjoying themselves,
because I do think there's great value in having a list to call "home."
Mine is Wire.
If I've expressed an opinion that you disagree with or can't handle, my
point has been made. It's OK for people to disagree.
Matt
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