<div dir="ltr">Would ALE benefit from a secondary presence on Reddit? <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Tim Watts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@cliftonfarm.org" target="_blank">tim@cliftonfarm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for being decisive at the right moment, Jim. Your cool<br>
headedness and sense of proportion is, once again, right on target.<br>
Much appreciated.<br>
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On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 16:54 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> If I moderate 1 person, I'm moderating everyone until the s/n ratio is<br>
> better.<br>
><br>
> No more OT posts. I'll make an ale-chat that's a free for all (I won't<br>
> be subscribing to it). No more tantrums about <pick a topic>.<br>
><br>
> ALE has done its job. It fed the Atlanta area as Linux was in its<br>
> infancy. It put together what many people remember as the best Linux<br>
> trade shows in the country. It spawned multiple off shoots, NW and NE,<br>
> and even got noticed overseas.<br>
><br>
> But all that was done by people who were passionate about Linux and<br>
> GNU tools and GPL licensed stuff.<br>
><br>
> I'm one of the lucky ones. I managed to turn an obsession into a<br>
> career. I get paid to play with other peoples toys! Along the way I<br>
> got to learn a lot from the ALE list about Linux. Somewhere along the<br>
> way I realized I was answering more than I was asking. At one point I<br>
> realized my questions were going unanswered as if I was asking for<br>
> information that was not available from ALE.<br>
><br>
> I'm tired. I've done 60-80 hour work weeks since 1997. But I'm not<br>
> tired of why I subscribed to ALE. I am very tired of seeing ALE get<br>
> hijacked.<br>
><br>
> --So--<br>
><br>
> OT posts on main ALE list will get a public thrashing notice. Repeats<br>
> will be brainwashed into wanting to only use Windows Vista or dropped<br>
> from the list or something else equally suitable. Maybe made to bring<br>
> munchies to a meeting and then required to do pushups or sit ups. I<br>
> doubt many Alters could do more than 2-3.<br>
><br>
> I'll make the ale-chat list shortly.<br>
><br>
> On Oct 11, 2013 4:16 PM, "Jerald Sheets" <<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com">questy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I don't think so, really. I think it's time a few hateful<br>
> people got moderated a bit, though.<br>
><br>
> Jerald Sheets<br>
> Sent from my iPhone5<br>
><br>
> On Oct 11, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> > At the time I took over as admin a number of years ago<br>
> > (7,8?), there were about 1600 subscribers.<br>
> > About a year ago, ALE had about 1600 subscribers.<br>
> > We are now below 500.<br>
> ><br>
> > I no longer get notified when people unsubscribe as I turned<br>
> > it off several months ago. Sad, really.<br>
> ><br>
> > Is it time to pull the plug?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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