Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/12
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Welcome back.
Remember negativity is more louder than positivity.
We tend to remember the bad things in life more than the good.
Here's to the good things in life,
Chris
On Feb 12, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Brian Reid wrote:
>> OK, I will eat crows. I am back.
>
> One is enough. Thank you for returning.
>
> There are 1100 people on the LUG.
> (up 10% in the last half year. yay)
>
> The probability that person will be in an unhappy mood when you send a
> message increases as the list gets bigger.
>
> On a 10-person list, it's rare to find one of those 10 in a bad way.
> On a 100-person list, it's 10 times as likely that somebody will be
> off kilter.
> On a 1000-person list, it's almost guaranteed.
>
> The whole secret to remaining sane while participating in a large list
> like the LUG is to realize that if you get one message you don't want
> to read, there were 1099 people who did not send such a message. If
> you can muster the emotional strength, always assume that
> out-of-the-blue negative comments reflect more on the person writing
> them than the person about whom they are written. They usually do.
>
>
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