You wrote: 

At 03:07 PM 8/18/96 -0500, Scott Johnson wrote:

*snip*

That, I think, *is* the main problem - that so many of the loudest people
on this list don't realize why others would be disenchanted with it.  If
everyone understood that there are people out there who don't appreciate
chatty in-jokes between a small proportion of the list (I think White Wolf
has said there are about 200 subscribers to this list.  Now, just judging
by how many different people actually post, how many would you *think*
there are?  Twenty, maybe?  Perhaps even thirty?  

<snip the rest, we get the point, now>

I've got just one question:

If you hate nonfanfic-related posts so much, why did you post this to the 
list instead of private email?

									- MW

Probably, MIkay, because there are too many offenders on
this list (myself included) to send each and every
one of them a private email.  

Speaking as the self-proclaimed "Queen of Spam" from March to May,
I say, "Spam!  Give me more!  Lots of it!  With ketchup on top!"

As the conscientious person some people know me as,
I say that spam (on this list at least) falls into two
categories: true non-topic spam that can be relegated 
to private email after a while and spamfics/wonderings that
can actually lead or spark creative forays into fanfics.

I know that personally, one of my fanfic ideas began
after such a spammy discussion-fest and one of the worst
spamfics to ever spam the list helped define another
character that I have slated for a RL work somewhere
in the future.  

We've had this discussion before.  WWolf, our dear
moderator and Benefactor and Founder, steps in
when he feels that it gets too out of hand.  Trust
that he, or the rest of the people here, will rein in
thos of the worst offenders.


The Acolyte's alter-ego,
Foxtrot the Furryous, BTFH