Comments on: Oh No, Not Again! http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/ RPGs. Trains, and bands that write 12 minute songs about Hobbits Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Martyn Read http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1444 Martyn Read Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:58:01 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1444 It is annoying, it seems to have a 6 - monthly "schism" before settling down again. Looks like it *might* be the end of having two large groups with the same objectives though, which was never going to be a good thing in the long term... Ho Hum It is annoying, it seems to have a 6 - monthly “schism” before settling down again.

Looks like it *might* be the end of having two large groups with the same objectives though, which was never going to be a good thing in the long term…

Ho Hum

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1443 Tim Hall Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1443 I'm on several other railway based mailing lists, and none of the others are as bad as this one; the problem is one of big egos and cliques. I've given up on music lists; I used to be on the Marillion mailing list, and that was one of the nastiest, flamiest lists I can ever remember. It was so bad it made parts of Usenet look civilised. I’m on several other railway based mailing lists, and none of the others are as bad as this one; the problem is one of big egos and cliques.

I’ve given up on music lists; I used to be on the Marillion mailing list, and that was one of the nastiest, flamiest lists I can ever remember. It was so bad it made parts of Usenet look civilised.

]]> By: Lynn S http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1442 Lynn S Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:07:33 +0000 http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2004/02/26/oh-no-not-again/#comment-1442 I used to be a discussion group junkie - mostly music - and I've seen just two kinds of groups: 1. Small groups in which almost the only topic is how to get more people to join; and 2. The disfunctional kind. It almost seems inevitable that once a group reaches a sufficient level of activity to be interesting in quickly becomes disfuntional. One group I participated in was pretty sophisticated and included not only a lot of professional musicians but also lawyers, a doctor or two, several college professors - people whom you would expect to act mature but at the slightest provocation the forum turned into a kindergarten. Ironically, the few teenagers in the group were the best behaved of all. I used to be a discussion group junkie - mostly music - and I’ve seen just two kinds of groups: 1. Small groups in which almost the only topic is how to get more people to join; and 2. The disfunctional kind.

It almost seems inevitable that once a group reaches a sufficient level of activity to be interesting in quickly becomes disfuntional. One group I participated in was pretty sophisticated and included not only a lot of professional musicians but also lawyers, a doctor or two, several college professors - people whom you would expect to act mature but at the slightest provocation the forum turned into a kindergarten. Ironically, the few teenagers in the group were the best behaved of all.

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