[sumo] List etiquette comment

[Takanomizu]

Thanks Joe, for standing up for lurkers.
You're right, the word does carry an dirty connotation. How about calling us 
"shadows" instead?

31 days of 110+ heat is frying my brain

Irene




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Klemmer" <klemmerj at webtrek.com>
To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:29 PM
Subject: [sumo] List etiquette comment


> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 14:57 -0700, Takanomizu wrote:
>
>> > Didn't mean to troll for lurkers.
>>
>> Because I don't post regularly doesn't make me less of a member of this
>> list.
>
> Point of order.  There are a number of people "out there" who believe
> that just lurking on a mailing list is somehow diminishing it.  I do
> not, and never will, hold to this opinion.  List members who are
> primarily in read-only mode are just as valuable as those who can't shut
> up[1].  Passive list members are, after all, the reason the active
> members have a place to _be_ active.  What good is it to shout to high
> heaven if there's no one around to hear it?
>
> The bottom line is that if someone wants to be a passive member to the
> list they are still contributing to it.  It is not somehow disrespectful
> to be a lurker.  In fact I dislike the term "lurker" for that very
> reason.
>
> So no "lurker bashing" please.
>
> Joe
>
> [1] Like that K-jo klown
>
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