Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Brian is confirming that the more people you link together, and the more efficient and faster you make the link between them, the more likely that thoughtless, impulsive, overreactive, hostile and boorish behavior will come to the forefront, and with it mob psychology. Which is why I'm skeptical about the overall value of social networks, even though they make keeping in touch with distant friends easier. And as much as I love the LUG, every time we have one of these "LUG eruptions," it makes me sad, because we're dumbing ourselves down to average behavior. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > I see an interesting pattern on the list. In most other lists/web forums > etc., the rule is always "debate the content, not the person." Well, we > have transgression is this area too, of course. > > But most of what I see when chaos ensue is, people are veilingly attacking > another person, even though it's under the guise of "debating the idea." > > Clear case in point is: there is absolutely no one advocating "spray > gunning" except for Howard who said he does something like that when > photographing flying birds - which is about as legit as it can to use that > technique - I would do the same if I photograph flying birds. Bu if you > just read the debates, it reads like someone is arguing for it, when in > fact, there isn't. > > It is obvious that some people don't like some other people and so on and > so forth. I'd recommend either just block that person. Email filter is easy > to do. > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Brian Reid <reid at > mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > > > In the early days of email, you could send to people individually. When > > mailing lists were invented, it had the same effect on email warfare that > > the invention of the machine gun had had on trench warfare. > > > > In the United States, at approximately the same time, the US Postal > > Service began offering "Express Mail -- Guaranteed Overnight Delivery". > For > > $12.95 in postage they would guarantee delivery of your envelope to its > > intended recipient by the next morning. > > > > As an experiment in fire prevention, the good people at Xerox Palo Alto > > Research Center, who were at the forefront of many things, realized that > if > > an email message was addressed to a list with more than 30 people, it > would > > be best to send it by "Express Mail". Guaranteed overnight deliver. > > > > here were many fewer fires. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >