Fwd: Re: [ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?

[Jazz]

--- Jazz <tom_jaz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:13:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jazz <tom_jaz at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?
> To: Bruce Bakken <bebakken at hotmail.com>
> 
> Hello Bruce,
> 
> I guess I'd have to say I have a foot in both camps.
> 
> I read anywhere from 10%-25% of both the ASLML and the Forum.  
> 
> I agree with you opinion that the Forum is a lot more tame.  I think that was the motivation for
> a
> lot of folks.  To get away from the heated emotional discussions on the ASLML.  I do it with my
> delete key.
> 
> Both venues have postings of interest (like 10%-25%?).  It's often fun to open one of Tate's
> messages on a long-winded thread just to see what kind of crap he is flinging.  Friday I
> actually
> exchanged messages with him, which I don't often do.  I'll post to either forum maybe 5
> times/year
> and lurk the rest of the time.
> 
> For the record, I did have a potentially acrmonious discussion with Mark Pitcavidge on the Forum
> (about game vs simulation) and there was no moderation during those discussions that I saw. 
> There
> was another citizen of the forum who suggested that both side had valid points and it was time
> to
> let it drop, which was good advice followed by both of the protagonists.
> 
> Also, for the record, I have found you to be one of the more thoughtful and reasonable posters
> to
> the ASLML.  Of course, one could be pretty damn un-reasonable in real life and still be one of
> the
> more reasonable members of the ASLML.....
> 
> Jazz
> 
> 
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