Re: [DMCForum] What we are about & where we are going

["Andrei Cular" <acular@xxxx>]

I am not sure about yahoo but the VW and Nissan list that I am part of are
not moderated but do have filters for SPAM... That is something you might
want to look into to keep the list from getting cluttered.



Andrei



----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>
To: "DMCForum" <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:42 PM
Subject: [DMCForum] What we are about & where we are going


> Everyone,
>
> Below is my answer to an individual's e-mail. To save some time, I'm
> copying it here as my column for the day. I have not included the
identity
> or any text from this person because that isn't kosher according to
> copyright laws.
> -------------------------------
> Thanks for your civilized opinion. I'm subscribed to the Bricklin list
and
> the DOC-UK list. The Bricklin list might be moderated, but I have posted
> questions in the past that went though too quickly to make me think it was
> moderated. The DOC-UK list isn't moderated and is always having some
light
> friendly discussions. This is stuff that I would like for Americans in
> particular to be able to do but aren't allowed on the DML. Granted, my
> car-related list experience is a lot narrower than yours, but the
> experiences I've had with the people who run the other lists have been a
> walk in the park compared to the DML. Sure, it looks like I started the
> arguments, but when those moderators do their usual ego trip censorship
> routine, it outrages me.
>
> Anyway, those of us unhappy with the DML moderator misconduct went and
made
> a new mailing list. I don't intend for DMCForum archives to be of any
value
> because people post on the DML that their experience searching the
archives
> there is often fruitless as is my experience doing the same. Instead,
those
> of us in the new group are working on a project to put together useful
> information gleaned from posts into an online tech manual that will have
the
> same basic format as a standard OEM service manual. As an example, see my
> contribution to the DMCNews technical section about rebuilding automatic
> transmission filters -- IF they haven't decided that it is off-topic and
> removed it yet. And if they removed it for spite, I wouldn't be surprised
> either. You haven't been reading the off-list exchanges we've been
having.
> Those guys have an agenda that is built around their ego. Sure, I have an
> ego, too, but you can hit the delete button for yourself on the DMCForum.
>
> Sure, there may come to be a lot of crap that makes it through the daily
> e-mails on the DMCForum. But we are leaving it up to the individual on
> whether he wants to open those e-mails. For the general non-posting
public
> who passively wants to read a sugar-coated source of DeLorean knowledge,
> that is not what the archives or the daily e-mail exchange are for. We
are
> developing a free open-to-everyone online tech manual for that. If people
> are reading the daily e-mails from any news group, they are doing it
mostly
> for "infotainment" value anyway unless they are looking for an answer to a
> specific question they posted earlier. I believe that the DMCForum will
> serve that purpose better than any other.
>
> About calling me an eloquent whiner.... thanks for the compliment insomuch
> as calling me eloquent. But saying that I am a whiner just the same
sounds
> like it is coming from the school yard like calling someone a tattle-tail
or
> a teacher's pet. Sure, some people may not like tattle-tails & whiners,
but
> I would rather associate with people who confess and speak their minds
than
> with the school yard bullies of whom I've had my share of growing up and
am
> now having another bout of the same with the DML moderators.
>
> God bless,
> Walt
>
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