Re: [Leica] Lurking, was Re: Web Pub Baloney

[Henry Ambrose <digphoto@nashville.net>]

>On 26 Aug 99, Steve Rowell wrote, at least in part:
>
>> Well, as a lurker I feel sufficiently chastised, so...
>
>So, you shouldn't be chastised for lurking, Steve. It is a 
>subscriber's right to lurk. As a lurker, you don't send endless OT 
>stuff to the list, requiring, at the least, the reader to make 
>judgments as to what he should read or not in what was touted to 
>him, originally, as a dedicated list.
>
>Kinda like voting. We're not required to vote, though I'll agree 
>that we should, even if it's only a vote against someone, which is 
>what most of mine turn out to be. :-(  
>
>Correspondingly, it would be nice if the majority of subscribers 
>posted occasionally, but I'd be the last to require it of them.
>
The important part of my post may have been misunderstood.

Another way to say it is:
"if you don't like it - DO something about it"  (besides gripe)

If you're not participating (or even if you are) don't just gripe about 
what you don't like, post something of value.

Henry