I stopped reading messages on this list over a year ago and only began
reading them again during the last few months.... but then I stopped
again because 1. There is no clear order, 2. There is a feeling of
"unwelcome" here.
www.lbworld.org kicked butt, however. No one was ever made to feel
unwelcomed. I don't know what Steve did that was so wrong, but I
never read a post of his on lbworld that wasn't helpful and NICE! Not
only that, but the forum was IMMENSELY resourceful for new and old and
eliminated the need for "cross posting". That site was a work of art.
I, too, instantly wondered if it had been intentionally brought down.
In my heart I am still inclined to believe that it was. As for
proof, this isn't a court of law. We aren't threatening legal action.
We, rather, I am simply saying that I am uneasy with believing it was
a freak accident.
As for backing things up... I'll take nice and naive over a rude
dictatorship any day. Actually, I'd make that choice no matter how
many times I had to create a new log in and repost my clues.
This is just a tiny piece of the world, a sliver of a sliver. Instead
of worrying about controlling people's thoughts, ideas, and words...
why not make this little sliver of "yours" a place that inspires GOOD
things? Try it and see if you can because I've almost lost hope in
it.
-Quiet Place
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen"
wrote:
> > Seems like it would have been better to just make sure the LbNA
> > site was better than his, rather than to moderate him and ban any
> > messages that mentioned his site.
>
> His messages were moderated for more than just mentioning his
website
> excessively. I started moderating him on the Pacific Northwest
board
> for excessive cross-posting--even AFTER I e-mailed him privately
> asking him to stop.
>
> -- Ryan