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I agree with you. But - rather than discuss it any further - I have a
modest proposal. Let us all try for one week to:
1. Let people post whatever they want to post - as long as they describe
their subjects properly (e.g., "Denise's System", "John's System", or "My
Dog Had Puppies"). I seriously doubt that there will be more than a few
messages that are totally unrelated to the purpose of the list. And we will
get only 1 "Denise" message a day - instead of 10. And maybe Denise will
decide to become a position trader <g>.
2. Everyone will refrain from sending public or private messages to message
writers telling them that their messages are garbage and don't belong on the
list. We all know what the "Denise's System" thread is about now. If we
don't want to read the messages - "click" - and they're gone - just like any
other spam we don't want to read.
3. No one should post public or private messages which contain profanity or
defamatory material to any mail list - including this one - ever. It
degrades the entire list.
You might ask - who am I to make this proposal. Well - I'm not a hot shot
futures trader - but I managed the message board on the Investors' Forum on
Compuserve when it had over 10,000 members and was running about 600-800
messages a day. When you have any public forum or mail list - you're going
to get a certain number of messages that no one wants to read - and a
certain amount of "noise". But you *don't* get rid of messages you don't
want to read - or eliminate the "noise" totally - by engaging in ugly
childish arguments. You only make matters worse. You *do* get rid of
people who post profane or defamatory messages - and I hope that the people
who maintain this list will continue their policy of doing so (after warning
the offenders).
I don't want to discuss this proposal. Let's just try it. For one week.
It can't hurt - and I think it will help. If we all decide to try it - we
can discuss the results next weekend. Robyn
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