[meteorite-list] Meteorite List

[Pete Pete]

Hi, Jay,

I have to completely disagree with you.

Often the bantering was at an intellectual level, and some of the most 
interesting and thought-provoking perspectives were brought out then.

At other times it seemed, to me, anyway, like the disagreements within a 
family - of which every family experiences. Those were sometimes even 
entertaining.

Considering the uniqueness of the interest in meteorites and their related 
topics, a family is pretty close to what this list is/was.

As long as the first word in an ad was “AD”, those could be easily skipped, 
if you are so inclined.
Personally, I enjoy looking at photos of meteorites, and although my budget 
is strictly for non-classifieds, I checked out every link to a sale or web 
site that was posted. Pitches per week weren’t an issue with me.

All things considered, did you really find it so intolerable?
Don’t you think that the contributions of members from the likes of the 
Smithsonian, NASA, other research institutions around the planet, and the 
top hunters and collectors more than made up for the bumps?
If it was to be strictly business for every post, what a boring list it 
would be!

…just my opinion, of course.

Goddamn group hug!


Cheers,
Pete



From: Idijay at aol.com
To: rsvp321 at hotmail.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:27:34 EDT

If the list is dying it's simply because the vast majority of the posts are
disagreements and advertisements. It has become pretty much worthless as a
source of information...unless the information you desire is who is mad at 
who
this week and why prices are what they are ignoring the simple fact that 
this
is, to most people on the list, a hobby.

Personally, I go through the messages once a week or so, read the ones of
interest (of which there are few) and perform a mass delete.

Jay Foersterling