Re: appropriateness of posts??

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In a message dated 4/17/2001 1:34:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

ChoctawGal@... writes:

>

> Miffed more than just a bit;

> Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

>

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Jenn,

Who was it?

And no say what you want this is a support group!

TRISH

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Jenn, See that delete button? You jear from her again, bingo! Hit that

button. Of course we're gonna continue to be friendly. . .that's who we are!

Best to you, PhillyJude

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Ms. Jenn,

One way for us to manage the high volume of messages is to turn off

the email delivery and just get it via the web... then at least you

can deal with it as time permits.

I must admit though, I have found all of the " personal chat "

overwehlming as the majority is more one-on-one than pertinent to

however many hundreds of us are subscribed to this list. I would like

to list to be freindly, supportive, and informative. There are lots

of times when I just have to skip reading the messages because there

are so many (and the subject line is not often useful in weeding them

out) and I am sure when I do this I have at times missed things that

were really important.

Sorry if this is offensive, but this list has a purpose and all the

rest can still take place either via private email or in a chat room.

> Hi all!

>

> I just got two private emails from someone telling me to stop

posting

> anything other than post surgical related material.... (eg; no more

friendly

> comments or discussion of a non MGB nature.) Note: the person was

not the

> list owner/moderator as I understand.... just overwhelmed by the

volume of

> mail that person recieves. I was told bluntly and frankly

to, " take your

> chatting off list. "

>

> So.... are we now discouraged from being friendly to one another?

So much

> for being an MGB family. ~~~

>

> So...... shall I Cease, desist, and shut the heck up? Shall we all

create a

> comraderie-devoid environment? Personally... I think not. What

are your

> opinions?

>

> Miffed more than just a bit;

> Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

>

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Jenn,

Why would anyone be so cruel... boredom comes to mind. LOL

We all love you here, and friendiless is what we are all about.. Like Jude says,

so well, I might add: use that d*mn delete button when needed!

LOL, Trude

Stay friendly, I wouldn't like you anyother way!

" appropriateness " of posts??

Hi all!

I just got two private emails from someone telling me to stop posting

anything other than post surgical related material.... (eg; no more friendly

comments or discussion of a non MGB nature.) Note: the person was not the

list owner/moderator as I understand.... just overwhelmed by the volume of

mail that person recieves. I was told bluntly and frankly to, " take your

chatting off list. "

So.... are we now discouraged from being friendly to one another? So much

for being an MGB family. ~~~

So...... shall I Cease, desist, and shut the heck up? Shall we all create a

comraderie-devoid environment? Personally... I think not. What are your

opinions?

Miffed more than just a bit;

Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

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Ms. Jenn

Absolutely not! That's how we get to know each other.

Sometimes I laugh out loud reading this list.

Sometimes it makes me cry. My children just roll

their eyes when I talk about my " friends on the list " ,

but that's exactly how it feels <G>. There are times

we get out of hand, there are times things could be

said privately. But I'd rather have too much than not

enough. We can always delete.

Please, let's not change.

Margaret in St. Louis

--- Ms Jenn <ChoctawGal@...> wrote:

> Hi all!

>

> I just got two private emails from someone telling

> me to stop posting

> anything other than post surgical related

> material.... (eg; no more friendly

> comments or discussion of a non MGB nature.) Note:

> the person was not the

> list owner/moderator as I understand.... just

> overwhelmed by the volume of

> mail that person recieves. I was told bluntly and

> frankly to, " take your

> chatting off list. "

>

> So.... are we now discouraged from being friendly to

> one another? So much

> for being an MGB family. ~~~

>

> So...... shall I Cease, desist, and shut the heck

> up? Shall we all create a

> comraderie-devoid environment? Personally... I

> think not. What are your

> opinions?

>

> Miffed more than just a bit;

> Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

>

>

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,

I for one am not sure that I agree with your translation of the use

of this group. I enjoy the personal commentary and things completely

unrelated to post-surgical issues. I view this as a support group,

and in order to be supportive, I think the best way is to be aware of

each others personal lives.

I am on webmail, and it only takes a flat second to push to decide

if you don't want to read a message and then just skip to the next

one. Hardly anything worth forcing the entire list to submit to some

kind of " posting code " .

I think perhaps it would be helpful if subject lines were changed

to reflet what is currently being discussed. This is why I can never

check the pre-op list because the discussion is never what it is

about in the subject line. Perhaps we could designate some sort of

code language to warn people that the post is personal. Something

like NON MGB springs to mind, and of course OT(off topic) is fine.

I am on hundreds of lists, and I find it funny that people

complain about OT stuff being sent to the list, and then there is

often times a week long discussion that ensues 100 extra emails about

the topic. It seems to be a moot point at the end.

in VA

> > Hi all!

> >

> > I just got two private emails from someone telling me to stop

> posting

> > anything other than post surgical related material.... (eg; no

more

> friendly

> > comments or discussion of a non MGB nature.) Note: the person

was

> not the

> > list owner/moderator as I understand.... just overwhelmed by the

> volume of

> > mail that person recieves. I was told bluntly and frankly

> to, " take your

> > chatting off list. "

> >

> > So.... are we now discouraged from being friendly to one

another?

> So much

> > for being an MGB family. ~~~

> >

> > So...... shall I Cease, desist, and shut the heck up? Shall we

all

> create a

> > comraderie-devoid environment? Personally... I think not. What

> are your

> > opinions?

> >

> > Miffed more than just a bit;

> > Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

> >

> > _________________________________________________________________

> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Hi Jenn,

I just want you to know, first up, that I enjoy your posts. I don't usually

get mad about anything ... but that post that you said someone sent you

really ticked me off. I agree with others on this list that say we should

change the subject line so people who don't want to read certain things can

delete them. It is not that difficult to push the delete button. I, for one,

feel that as a support group we have to share personal stories ... we are a

family!! If there comes a time that we can't share stories ... then I don't

want to be on this list. I want to learn from other post-ops ... but I also

want to relate to others like me. The only way to know if someone else is

like me ... is to share stories. I am not gonna go on anymore about this ...

but I love your posts ... as far as I am concerned ... things wouldn't be the

same without them. Keep on postin' the way you want to Girl!!! For those of

you who don't want to read.... DELETE them!!

Terri K :^)

MGB 10/12/00

340/232/1??

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jean was that to me --about the betty boop thingy so sorry that got

someone upset well i felt that it kinda was a way of getting to know all

and relate better --- must have misinterpeted wrong --- i do have a bad

problem with dyslexia and reading what really is being said though ( this

is a fact ) di

Re: " appropriateness " of posts??

> Ms. Jenn

> Absolutely not! That's how we get to know each other.

> Sometimes I laugh out loud reading this list.

> Sometimes it makes me cry. My children just roll

> their eyes when I talk about my " friends on the list " ,

> but that's exactly how it feels <G>. There are times

> we get out of hand, there are times things could be

> said privately. But I'd rather have too much than not

> enough. We can always delete.

> Please, let's not change.

>

> Margaret in St. Louis

>

> --- Ms Jenn <ChoctawGal@...> wrote:

> > Hi all!

> >

> > I just got two private emails from someone telling

> > me to stop posting

> > anything other than post surgical related

> > material.... (eg; no more friendly

> > comments or discussion of a non MGB nature.) Note:

> > the person was not the

> > list owner/moderator as I understand.... just

> > overwhelmed by the volume of

> > mail that person recieves. I was told bluntly and

> > frankly to, " take your

> > chatting off list. "

> >

> > So.... are we now discouraged from being friendly to

> > one another? So much

> > for being an MGB family. ~~~

> >

> > So...... shall I Cease, desist, and shut the heck

> > up? Shall we all create a

> > comraderie-devoid environment? Personally... I

> > think not. What are your

> > opinions?

> >

> > Miffed more than just a bit;

> > Offensive Jenn in Vancouver, WA

> >

> >

> _________________________________________________________________

> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at

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