Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #57
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   From: fpotter@his.com (Frank Potter)
Subject: Back to basics
   Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:26:41 -0500

>Just a note to say goodbye to the list server for a while - there's just
>far too many useless (IMHO) off-topic threads right now, and the number
>seems to be increasing rapidly. It's just wearing deleting 40 messages to
>get to those precious two or three gems of technical insight or wit, so
>I'll bid you adieu for the moment, and switch to web site access for a
>while.
>
Guys (of whatever sex) - I think we're hearing something important here.

There are whole lot of essentially irrelevant, sometimes witty and
sometimes just trying to be witty, notes being posted here that ought
better to have been posted as individual messsages. A certain amount of
self-discipline seems called for; this should help us to regain what we
used to have, which was a helpful forum for information and advice about
our favorite means of transportation.

Another matter on the same point, more or less: recently I've seen several
one or two-line messages posted that copied a page-long dissertation that
probably ought not to have been posted at all, but that certainly doesn't
bear repeating.

If we can get the signal/noise ratio back to where it was before we all got
carried away (and I've done it too) my guess is that the rash of
"unsubscribe" messages will vanish.

Anyway, them's my thoughts.

Frank Potter
MEOWTA - 1993 Black/Red LE #290, mostly based in DC/VA