A word about posts that never make it to the board

[Guest guest]

If you attempt a post that you do not see on the board, in the vast majority

of cases, there is a good reason for it.

Opinions without anything to back them up, complex and esoteric studies

that are not explained in one or two simple sentences by the poster (and

probably are meaningless to most of us), posts that have no substantive

value, posts that just repeat something that has recently been posted by

someone else, etc etc. are blocked from going to the board by one of the

moderators.

We now have almost 2000 people in the group and as a result it is important

to keep the " noise " level down or we will sacrifice quality. So we will

continue to strive for high quality and meaningful postings, by weeding out

what is unnecessary, repetitive, or meaningless.

We often attempt to notify people offlist if they have tried to post and the

post does not go though. But with so many members, during times of high

traffic, that is sometimes impossible. At times, an attempt to reach people

off list is met with a " returned message " that their mailbox is unable to

accept mail (Logan, are you listening?). So check to make sure you can

receive mail at the address you use for this group.

Thanks to everyone for your cooperation. As always we are always open to

suggestions for running the show better.

[Guest guest]

>

> Aq: thanks for your .02. We want your .02 for the express reasons

that

> you state below (i.e. to prevent " inbreeding " ).

>

> You say:

>

> " Yet on this board I'm seeing censuring of some very logical and

informative

> posts, apparently mostly for those people that do not toe the

" party line "

> religiously enough. "

>

> How could you be " seeing " this? The only posts you would " see " that

might

> be censored are your own. Only the moderators see the posts from

others that

> are censored.

>

Hello,

cen�sure (s & #277;n'sh & #601;r) pronunciation

n.

1. An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.

2. An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.

I was just referring to your disapproving tone regarding some recent

posts.

Hey I restarted my CRON diet today - guess I'm not as fat and happy as

usual. In other words - maybe a bit sensitive today. Ever notice on

this board that some of the participants seem to be a bit on edge?

Hope this is not a permanent condition of the CRON diet. (Think I

read something about a cranky CRON mouse that tried to bite it's

handlers :-)

> Are we censoring important posts that might stimulate interesting

> discussion?

You might be inadvertently by " rebuking " (synonym - admonish) some

posts. On the other hand you might be " provoking " more rebuttals.

Heck if I know. I DO NOT want to sound too critical of your CRON

board however because I'd have to give it and it's participant very

high " marks " for knowledge and for interesting material presented.

And that's about the last $0.02 from me today.

a=z

[Guest guest]

>

> Aq: thanks for your .02. We want your .02 for the express reasons

that

> you state below (i.e. to prevent " inbreeding " ).

>

> You say:

>

> " Yet on this board I'm seeing censuring of some very logical and

informative

> posts, apparently mostly for those people that do not toe the

" party line "

> religiously enough. "

>

> How could you be " seeing " this? The only posts you would " see " that

might

> be censored are your own. Only the moderators see the posts from

others that

> are censored.

>

Hello,

cen�sure (s & #277;n'sh & #601;r) pronunciation

n.

1. An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.

2. An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.

I was just referring to your disapproving tone regarding some recent

posts.

Hey I restarted my CRON diet today - guess I'm not as fat and happy as

usual. In other words - maybe a bit sensitive today. Ever notice on

this board that some of the participants seem to be a bit on edge?

Hope this is not a permanent condition of the CRON diet. (Think I

read something about a cranky CRON mouse that tried to bite it's

handlers :-)

> Are we censoring important posts that might stimulate interesting

> discussion?

You might be inadvertently by " rebuking " (synonym - admonish) some

posts. On the other hand you might be " provoking " more rebuttals.

Heck if I know. I DO NOT want to sound too critical of your CRON

board however because I'd have to give it and it's participant very

high " marks " for knowledge and for interesting material presented.

And that's about the last $0.02 from me today.

a=z