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From: carl@udwarf.tymnet.com (Carl Baltrunas & Cherie Marinelli 1.0.4a)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Mac vs Amiga vs IBM vs NEXT vs....
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Date: 10 Mar 91 10:15:08 GMT
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In article <1056@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:
> 
>   Have you ever wondered why there are always flame wars in the comp.sys.mac
> groups?  Is it because the users of the other machines "float" above these
> newsgroups looking for a "kill?"

I just posted this PS in another group as an aside to the general topic... we
all dislike having to WADE through tons and tons of flame war messages. Hey,...
why do we see them?  Because someone flames someone or asks a question and then
some other person responds to the message with a FOLLOWUP rather than a REPLY. 
Ok, so some news readers (the software not the humans) can't reply and can only
send a followup... is that true?  If not, then there is NO, (REPEAT NO)
excuse for not using the REPLY.. to reply privately with E-Mail to the person.

Like *MOST* of you, I subscribe to these groups to read about MAC software and
the experience of other MAC users.  If I want to read about the Amiga, the IBM,
the Next, the Adam, the CDC Cyber, etc... I'll subscribe to them. So, here is
the message of wisdom I added to my other post.  If we follow this rule, we'll
save the net and our fingers a lot of bandwidth...


PS. One of the best ways to avoid wasting bandwidth on "NOISE" is to tolerate
    the infractions of others and if you feel you MUST say something, say it in
    private E-Mail to the offending person.

    *NEVER* Flame anyone publically. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time.
    If you disagree with a person speak to that person and not the entire
    newsgroup (newsgroups if cross-posted) or mailing list.

If you ignore the flames... they die out, just like real fires.  A fire needs
3 things: Fuel, Air and Heat.   Hot air has 2 of these components already!

-Carl


Carl A Baltrunas - Catalyst Art
Cherie Marinelli - Bijoux
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