Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Editor P.O.V. Image Service" <editor@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Problems with InkjetMall/Jone Cone's Piezotones..


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>
> I guess the Leben list led to this in some sense.. The discussion there
> could get quite robust..   The inkjet community has a history of heated
> disagreements, very rarely do they reach the point of threatening
> listmembership. (The orange shift controversy, when it appeared,  was
> one of those instances)
>
> Generally though, we have strong disagreements, but,  just as commonly,
> (and unusually in the uselist/Yahoo! community) the strongest
> disagreements are between individuals with equally long histories on
> these lists..  We tend to disagree the way two old friends might about
> quarterbacks or soccer goalkeepers when sitting at a bar.. We voice our
> opinions strongly bring in what facts we have, and hope the truth
> eventually wins out..  In the end we all go home and come back the next
> night..
>

Keith,

You are right, that is how things tend to go on the lists but I for one
would just as soon it wasn't that way. I have certainly been at fault myself
from time to time in participating in long running and loud "discussions" on
many topics. The problem is we need to realize when we have reached the
point where no one is going to change their mind and further conversation is
really futile or we have drifted way off the topic of the list. The long
back and forth arguments really start to clog up the band-width so to speak,
and other questions, often more on topic, start to get lost in all the
traffic. Personally I have also found that posting at that rate really eats
up a lot of time that I could better spend making prints.

Believe me, I get way more complaints about not moderating enough, than
complaints about moderating too much! In fact I have never gotten a
complaint for over moderating the list. Maybe we can buck the trend here and
do something different then what is happening on the other lists.

Martin