Xref: utzoo news.admin:8133 news.groups:16748 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ficc!jeffd From: jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups Subject: Flames Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 90 12:52:17 GMT Sender: jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 21 Folks have been knocking flames for years, but it seems like the last few days have seen an increase in the number of calls for self-control. Thinking about it, I came up with an idea to increase the civility level on the net. Altho the guidelines seem to discourage "Me, too" postings, perhaps we should *encourage* pats on the back. When someone makes a posting that is helpful, insightful, clever, kind, or whatever, why *not* tell that person via the net rather than email? Besides increasing the goodwill level, it might also cause folks to go back and read a good posting they missed -- or reread one they just skimmed the first time. And if it "wastes bandwith", well, the same thing is said about flames. Jeff Daiell -- If a hungry man has water, and a thirsty man has bread, Then if they trade, be not dismayed, they both come out ahead. -- Don Paarlberg