[Scan-DC] Fire Hydrants and Other Off Topic Messages

[Sean Hoyden]

I'd like to throw one thought in here for everyone to consider, because I've
seen it mentioned 2 or 3 times in the past week.  Something to the effect of
"These are all alerts we get anyways, why post it here?"

My point is, I'm not subscribed to all these alerts, sales notices and the
like, Scan-Dc serves as my go to e-mail list when it comes to information of
that nature.

Personally, it takes an extra 10 seconds to look at a subject line, decide
if you want to read what is enclosed, and move on to the next e-mail about
cheap Viagra and enlarging your physical endowments, or the latest chain
e-mail/joke forwarded by a friend.

The convenience of having much of this information show up at your
fingertips via a personal computer or smartphone far outweighs the minor
headache of deleting a dozen e-mail messages you don't care about.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Charlie <dogcow911 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gang,
>
> I've been holding out for a while, now, but enough is really enough.
> This is a mailing list with a large number of subscribers. People
> subscribe to this list to find out about scanning information in the
> D.C. area. Many people get messages delivered to their BlackBerries
> and other smartphones when a new message is sent to the list.
>
> I've been subscribed for some time now, and I am amazed at the number
> of off-topic emails this list generates (generally by a select few of
> the same individuals).
> This isn't the place to talk about fire hydrant colors. This isn't the
> place to exchange over 30 emails about a crappy Grundig receiver Radio
> Shack has on sale (maybe one email letting us know its on sale would
> have been fine). This isn't the place to send out hundreds of weather
> alerts -- alerts that we all get anyway -- and discuss personal
> opinions about weather. This isn't the place to send out jokes about
> the "Nestle Crunch Hotline" or the Boeing 787 making its first flight.
>
> Just as bad as the off topic stuff, list users seem to have a habit of
> replying to the entire list with meaningless one or two line replies
> that nobody aside from the original poster cares about. If you're
> replying to say "thank you" or you just feel like rambling on without
> contributing any useful information, please don't reply to the whole
> list -- reply only to the original sender(s).
>
> I know some of you are thinking, "if you don't like it, unsubscribe."
> Wrong. If that's how you feel, you're missing the point. I like the
> idea of this list, but let's try to keep limited to relevant topics -
> like new signals/frequencies, breaking events, and perhaps a technical
> discussion or two.
>
> Please remember that this is an email list, and should not be treated
> the same way as a Web forum. Send out only relevant, timely
> information, and you'll make this list a great resource to the radio
> community.
>
> Charlie
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Sean Hoyden
Sales Agent
Premiere Realty Group
703.899.8893

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