[ale] Ale subscribers

[Adrya Stembridge]

Would ALE benefit from a secondary presence on Reddit?


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:

> 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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