On Wednesday 20 June 2018 13:32:18 deloptes wrote:
Gerhard Zintel wrote:
My proposal here: please, please, please all of
you open a WhatsApp group
to discuss social life. I am very annoyed to search between a lot of
gossip the parts with real information in this mailing list lately.
I was thinking lately that it mutates into a social app for people who
don't use social networks :D
Seems I am not alone. But hey given the amount of text exchanged, I don't
wonder why companies like whatsapp or facebook make that much money.
regards
Actually, I agree (and I am one of the worst sinners). Mea maxima culpa!
However, I abhor Facebook, etc., and only use one tiny, obscure social
network (Categorian).
I was going to suggest (before my network issues rendered me silent), that
when we begin to go off-topic, just send an email directly to me or whoever
else wishes to be included, so that others aren't bothered. Otherwise, I
still use Categorian, and there is also Jabber.
It seems to me that some of us (including, but not limited to, myself) tend to
spin off on those tangents. One person makes a comment, then another adds
something or echoes, then it snowballs, and soon we have an avalanche. This
bothers me, too, but I don't think you'll stop it altogether without ruining
everything. So the solution would seem to be to channel it somewhere else,
where those who wish to go off-topic can do so, and everybody else can ignore
them, or us.
Also, let me say again that what we have in common is more important than our
differences. If I have offended anybody, I apologize.
Bill