At 05:19 PM 8/19/96, Roehl Sybing wrote:

I rarely post, but I'm not too bothered by spam. I watch anime because it's
fun. I come here because it's fun. To me, spam is merely the off-topic
ramblings that ensue when any group of friends ( or supposed friends )
gather in a social setting. After all, it's not as if we're here to cure
cancer, solve world hunger, or plug the hole in the ozone layer. The second
this becomes a place where we all come, link up, and transmit fanfics and
C+C with no real sense of who the other person is, I'll tender my
unsubscription, because this place will have become a redundant variant of
raac. Some people just need to relax.

I'm not usually so much as totally angered by the presence of spam (I only 
post when something like this comes up or my next issue is completed), but 
some people intentionally post subjects that are off-topic.  They write an 
apology for the spam but they really don't care if the damage is done (c'mon 
guys, be honest now).

*snip*

But I think people in this discussion are missing one word: compromise.  
Would it just be alright if the people here can find a happy medium between 
total spam and another version of RAAC?

Perhaps, but I still think some people are sorta overreacting. It's not as if
we're looking at Playboy in church; it's more like we're telling jokes in the
cafeteria. Sure, the idea behind the cafeteria is that we all sit down and eat, 
but it's a social atmosphere. I think we can forgive a bit of irrelavence.

But when the spam takes up as much space as the 'fics... well... I'm not one
to tell a moderator how to do his job... unless they happen to be working in a
certain post-Invid Invasion bar ;)

									- MW
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