From: "Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido" <gerardo.santana@...>
Date: 2006-12-24T03:36:03+09:00
Subject: ruby-misc (was Re: where have all the experienced users gone?)

2006/12/23, Tom Pollard <tomp@earthlink.net>:
>
> On Dec 23, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Devin Mullins wrote:
> > Well, the half-solution that was proposed awhile back... the
> > listserv adds a sig to every mail with one or two FAQ links.
>
> Whether or not a new list is created, this is a good idea.  It would
> be very helpful and minimally intrusive.  It would almost make it
> clear where the "official" FAQ was, and (I think) encourage
> experienced users to flesh it out.
>
> TomP
>
>

Nothing personal Tom, it just happened that yours is the last message
I've received from this thread.

Just look at you guys. Talking and talking. It's the 74th message I
receive from this thread.

And it happens all the time.

I used to read this list. Well, I still do, but less frequently,
because of these long and most of the time unproductive chats.

I used to come here frequently to learn, and was willing to help too.
But there are too many "e-mail chats" I'm not interested on, mixed
with relevant and very insightful ones.

Nowadays I pick some messages here and there to read, looking for gems
in this large pool of irrelevant stuff. Attending ruby-talk is not
pleasant any more.

I agree with being nice, but we can send someone to read the fine
manual in a nice way too, instead of doing his/her homework everytime.

It would help also avoiding messages that most of the time are useless
like "+1" or ":)", you get the idea.

Or probably I'm misunderstanding the purpose of ruby-TALK. Maybe
ruby-TALK is a kind of offline IRC, or a social network like MSN
Spaces.

In that case, I apologize, and kindly ask for a real mailing list.

Please.

Thanks.

Sincerely,
-- 
Gerardo Santana