Posted by charleyt on October 20, 1999 at 05:50:05: In Reply to: Re: The new Ocean Girl Chat List is up and running...! posted by Savant on October 20, 1999 at 05:03:08:
: : : After some thought and urging by former
members, I have activated
: : : the new Chat List.
: > Well, I was wrong in thinking that Savant
didn't want to compete. Now, I
: > know that he wants to compete [ even though
he already said he had no
: > intention of competing with the original
list].
: Yes and no. My original list was not, and is
not intended to be a replacement for the
unmoderated list. It was meant to present news
and facts about the show, not merely casual
conversation. However a while ago (when the
other mailing list went down for nearly a month,
I'm sure you remember that period in February) I
created a second list to replace it. However,
only a few days before I was to announce it, the
old list went back up so I shelved it for the
time being.
: > The original unmoderated list quit working
permanently. Which left no
: > unmoderated list. So both me and Froggy
created one list to replace the
: > original list [on the very same day, unaware
that each other did], for a
: > total of two lists to replace the original
list. Savant then complained
: > here about that being two too many lists to
replace the original [ seeming
: > to mean that he wanted zero unmoderated
lists, and to only use this
: > bulletin noard for that].
: Wrong Charley, I never complained about the
number of lists, read the bulletin board again,
you will find no message from me that is any type
of complaint. I never "seemed to mean that I
wanted zero unmoderated lists" either. Please
don't imply things I never said, it's not polite.
: > Competing lists that are really competing
could make for better
: > lists. I didn't have any intention of
competing, but since he wants to
: > compete, I will. Or will try to.
: Charley, this is NOT a competition. Maybe you
think it is, but I don't. It is an attempt by me
to re-establish an email forum for people to
communicate. You seem to forget I now have the
longest running ACTIVE English language mailing
list for Ocean Girl. I'm trying to build and
expand on that. This is a positive effort on my
part since I have already run a mailing list that
works.
: > Of course, I think the one remaining list as
a replacement to the original
: > list should be either mine or Froggy's. Well,
I'm not competing with
: > Froggy's list, and Froggy's not competing
with my list. And that's how I
: > thought it should be. Peaceful lists. But for
the lists that are competing,
: > and for all of the lists, of course, the best
list will win, or at least,
: > whichever list[s] that people like the best
will win.
: Win what?
: I think you have this mixed up with something
else, I'm just here to help people get back in
touch with each other. If you want to do the
same, that's fine with me. I've never said that
people shouldn't. Although I said it might be
better to consolidate the mailing lists, I don't
think that will mater, since from what I see most
subscribers on the other lists are all the same
people. The hard part will be getting NEW
subscribers, that are not part of the 15 or so
regulars who post.
: Regards,
: Savant