[Coco] This tickles me.... Update!.. It ain't so bad...

[George Ramsower]

 If you haven't read my previous post, please read the quoted part first.
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 I took the little time it takes to figure this...

 I  checked the count at  this month's messages at 346. Then I deleted all 
the BS that was NOT coco related and the result was 258 messages.

 That's only 88 messages! ( My decision on that). I'm probably not exactly 
in-tune with everyone on that. I did delete all messages that I was involved 
wiith, just to be sure I had no bias in this simple test.

 I suppose this isn't as bad as it appeared at first, because the related 
massages aren't as loud as the BS... if you choose to read the BS.

 I don't, usually. However, 88 BS messages out of 346 results in about one 
in four messages that we could do without.

 It ain't so bad.

George



> I'm amused at what sometimes happens here on the Coco list.

>

> When we begin talking about topics not directly related to COCOS this list 

> sometimes develops some differences of opinions and escelates into some 

> sour notes being exchanged.

>  It is normal for folks to have disagreements on topics. However, this 

> shouldn't happen on this Coco list because, most always, the topics aren't 

> even Coco topics.

>

> I'm fairly sure this stuff wouldn't happen as often if we could keep the 

> subjects in line with the directive of this list group.

>

> It's difficult to argue about how we go about working with a Coco. All the 

> arguments have been discussed for many years and are finally settled.

>

> Linux, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Ford and Chevy and the weather have nothing 

> to do with this list. Not even politics and the economy have anything to 

> do with this list.

>

> What tickles me is when someone says "Shut UP, already!" yhen, suddenly 

> there is almost no traffic at all. This implies that there is too much 

> traffic on OFF TOPIC discussions on the Coco listgroup..

>

> Personally, I wasn't even following the last topic that resulted in sour 

> notes until just out of curiosity, I opened one of the last messages in 

> that discussion to find that folks were exchanging very clever blows at 

> each other. It's sad but, I was impressed how the verbiage was well 

> designed.

>

> Perhaps we could improve this listgroup if we worked dilligently at trying 

> to keep it directly related to a Coco.

>

> I betcha that whatever off topic discussion we get into has a listgroup on 

> that topic somewhere else, having the same debate.

>

> I would think it wouldn't be too difficult to find that listgroup, join up 

> and carry on there.

>

> Whucha say? Can we work on this?

>

>

> George

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