"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message
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On 2/20/2010 9:38 AM, mazorj wrote:

Let the flaming and numismatic nitpicking begin.

You guessed it. g It already has, led by Bruce Remick. He and the others
who post here most regularly, who live here, account for the nature of
this group, which has always been the case. Usenet is a
lowest-common-denominator phenomenon, with the loudest and most frequent
posters controlling things, bringing things down to their level. Usenet
has the lowest signal-to-noise ratio of any Internet communications
medium.

I just couldn't resist g. You have this harsh opinion of Usenet, yet you
chose it to introduce your autobiography and views on life? g I've
seldom seen anyone so into himself. I'll bet you include inserts like this
in your holiday greeting cards, too. Kids in grade school must've loved you
on opening day when the teacher asked for essays on what each student did
over the summer. No one else had to get up in front of the class because
there would have been no time left. g


My post generated, immediately, four responses that have zero content
dealing with the subject matter of the group, which my post dealt with, or
anything related to the content in my post, with your response accurately
predicting this. Another example: The most popular thread here in recent
weeks, by a huge amount, has been about the weather, with 186 messages in
the "Snowy RCC?" thread. On target content-full posts about numismatics,
typically, get 2 to 5 responses, with exceptions. Posts about the weather
and politics get 186 and 79 responses. No wonder Usenet in general and
this group in particular have been in such decline, that so many people
have left, and that one ISP after another has discontinued their Usenet
feeds to subscribers.

You apparently have a warped idea of what generates noise in this group.
While you were composing and editing your treatise, a lot of people
apparently enjoyed playing in "snowy RCC" and other OT threads. Then you
pop up with your presumptious "What I did all my life and my views about
almost everything g" monster. If you believe so many people have left
RCC, why post stuff like that here if there are so few responsible people
left to read it. g


What to make of this? I think it's a telling commentary about human
nature, about how, too often, things don't go optimally when people are
entirely left to their own devices. Lord of the Flies. Usenet has and
always has had FAQs and other attempts at guidance. But people ignore
them. Other Internet communications technologies do a better job of
reigning in.

Thanks so much for for your insightful analysis. g


This short analysis, naturally, will just lead to more of what you
previously predicted, flaming and nitpicking, with one utterly predictable
response being that I'm whining and another utterly predictable one being,
don't let the door hit your derriere on the way out.You know, creative
stuff. g Somebody thinking they're being terribly clever will no doubt
just ape these very words. If one person leaves a substantive response,
dealing with the subject matter that I just addressed, I believe I just
might fall off my chair. If one person discusses anything related to
numismatics as a result of my opening post in this thread, I believe I
just may have a coronary. Or not.

Funny, I didn't see anything in your post here that has anything to do with
talking about coins. It was all about you again-- your views of RCC, the
people who frequent it, and those who mock or disagree with you. Maybe
you're actually coming around.

g