"Jeremy 'Loki' Blackman" <loki@thekeep.org> wrote:
"B> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Ki'var wrote:
"B> 
"B> > BB> In future, let's do this:  When folks ask to have a story sent to th
"B> > BB> them the archive number instead and let them retrieve the story from
"B> > BB> archive themselves.  Spam will decrease, people will learn new skill
"B> > BB> stories will be read my more people, and the gods of technology will
"B> > BB> 
"B> > BB> Best,
"B> > BB>
"B> > 
"B> > I've a better idea. Just send the person a copy of the story instead if
"B> > you have a copy of it. If not, don't stick your nose into the thread.
"B> > 
"B> > There's absolutely no reason for anyone to jump through the kinds of hoo
"B> > you are suggesting just to get a copy of a fanfic. I know I wouldn't go
"B> > though the trouble of doing so....
"B> 
"B> I suppose this means that it's 'jumping through too many hoops' to go to,
"B> say, ftp.std.com to the anime fanfiction archive to pick up older fiction,
"B> instead of asking 'does anyone know where I can get a copy of
"B> <such-and-so>?'.
"B>

No, because using the remailer to obtain a file isn't the same as ftping
a file directly from ftp.std.com or any other ftp site. And if you think it
is, it shows just how little you know about using ftp to obtain a file.

"B> I admit that the fanfic remailer can be a pain.  But look at the sheer
"B> volume of people who asked for 'Transitions' recently.  The list could
"B> have been cut down on traffic rather impressively if people had just
"B> checked the remailer.  Or the people who posted 'could someone send me all
"B> the posts I missed since <x date>'... that's where the remailer really
"B> comes in handy.
"B>

Just who are you trying to kid? A lot of the traffic here consists of
nonsense postings from the IRC/AOL/USENET chat crowd and everyone knows
it. Personally I've always found any argument people make conserning message
traffic to be rather silly anyway. No one is forcing you to read these
messages. What I find absurd is messages that contain 24 or more
lines of "spoiler protection". These are the kinds of messages that
really eat up harddrive space ect,ect,ect....


"B> Yes, if I have a copy of a fanfic handy, I'll send it to those people.  I
"B> kept Transitions on hand, so I've sent it out to a fair number of people. 
"B> 
"B> But in reply to your comment to 'keep your nose out of the thread'
"B> otherwise... people requesting copies of fanfics should never HAVE to be a
"B> thread in and of themselves...that's the point.

Are you serious, or just being an jerk? What pray tell is exactly wrong
with a thread consiting of people asking where so and so can be found, or
could someone send them a copy of it ? It's a heck of a more interesting
thread/subject some of the postings saying just how wonderful some
of the gay/lemon fanfics (bleh) are for instance...