langleymass
MIS
Has anyone noticed a decline lately in the quality of e-mail discussion groups? Here's a case in point:
I am on a Yahoo group, and it "is dedicated to assisting local residents build personal and job seeking skills through education, networking and peer support." Basically, this is a networking group for the unemployed or underemployed. They also have real live meetings twice a month.
Trying to be the good samaritan, I would forward job ads to the list. After a while, I got a note from the mod telling me that people had complained about this. One person also complained about my posts on the list. It was rather surprising since this was supposedly a list for job seekers.
Yesterday, I attended the live meeting and then got a voice mail a few hours later from Jose (who had also attended the meeting) on my cell phone. I couldn't make out Jose's phone number in the message, so I sent an informational post to the list hoping to get contact information for him. Today, I got another complaint from the mod saying that people had complained about my comments in the group. Again it seemed strange since this is supposedly a networking group.
Am I getting older? Or does it appear that there are simply more and more smart alecks on e-mail discussion groups? It seems like anytime I post a simple request for information, I get one or two helpful responses and a bunch of smart-aleck comments.
I used to love discussion groups like this. Now I wonder I bother with them.
I am on a Yahoo group, and it "is dedicated to assisting local residents build personal and job seeking skills through education, networking and peer support." Basically, this is a networking group for the unemployed or underemployed. They also have real live meetings twice a month.
Trying to be the good samaritan, I would forward job ads to the list. After a while, I got a note from the mod telling me that people had complained about this. One person also complained about my posts on the list. It was rather surprising since this was supposedly a list for job seekers.
Yesterday, I attended the live meeting and then got a voice mail a few hours later from Jose (who had also attended the meeting) on my cell phone. I couldn't make out Jose's phone number in the message, so I sent an informational post to the list hoping to get contact information for him. Today, I got another complaint from the mod saying that people had complained about my comments in the group. Again it seemed strange since this is supposedly a networking group.
Am I getting older? Or does it appear that there are simply more and more smart alecks on e-mail discussion groups? It seems like anytime I post a simple request for information, I get one or two helpful responses and a bunch of smart-aleck comments.
I used to love discussion groups like this. Now I wonder I bother with them.
