A modest proposal

Jack Tracey wrote:

> I'm sorry if I'm missing something Mark but I think that what
> you've just described is the current stauts of the newsgroup;
> calm, based on facts, focused on the essential issues.
> There are some exceptions, sure, but overall, the forum
> regulars are well disciplined in this regard.

Well, Jack and Gus can't both be right.

Gus posted a long message defending what Jack calls the "exceptions". Gus tells me, "You must be new at this." I am relatively new (our respective registration dates and numbers of posts speak for themselves). But I have been observing some very old hands, and Jack's statement above confirms that there are many models for the behaviour I'm advocating. If I were to pick John Bear as a model for posting style, would anyone object?

> They tend to get off-base only when they're dragged
> off-base.

-- which prompts the obvious advice "Don't let yourself get dragged."

 

Re: Re: A modest proposal

If you think degreeinfo has extreme problems, you obviously haven't spent a great deal of time in online discussion groups. If you really want to see a disfunctional distance learning discussion group, check out alt.education.distance, where it seems that for the past month or more, nearly every thread has some sort of attack against Rich Douglas. (And yet Rich chooses to quit poting here...hmm....)

 

Re: Re: Re: A modest proposal

I don't think Rich is posting anywhere.