[meteorite-list] Steve I thought you were going to control your postings?

[AL Mitterling]

Hi Michael and all,

I have seen you post use the delete key many times (I prefer to use a 
filter on my browser so I never see it or waste my time with deleting 
messages) HOWEVER, with all the dealers/collectors we have on the list 
if each one posted an AD each day or several times a day (yes, I do post 
AD's on the list occasionally because of competition), the list would be 
bombarded with so many ad messages that it would be hard to trim the fat 
out from the meat. Certainly good messages would be missed and I think 
are missed.

I agree that responding to an insensitive individual on the list is a 
waste of time. The best thing PEOPLE can do is to shun such people. If 
you don't respond they loose their power. I agree that people should not 
give any response to our friend who was kicked of the list and is 
illegally on again under different emails.

One can post repeatedly to use the delete key but then why don't these 
people simply use the delete key when they don't like other people 
complaining about multiple sales ads??????????? Is there a 
difference?????????

The fact is that multiple ad posts whether you use your delete key or 
not, dilute the substance of the list and are in my opinion not what the 
list was ultimately design for. In the beginning Art wasn't going to 
even allow ads and didn't. People kept after him until he relented but 
only to "no major ads). I think that repeated ad posts ARE major 
advertisements. Now we have what we have. Best!

--AL Mitterling