[ale] Ale subscribers

[Tim Watts]

Thanks for being decisive at the right moment, Jim.  Your cool
headedness and sense of proportion is, once again, right on target.
Much appreciated.


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