UNSUBSCRIBE YOURSELF, was [CLUE-Tech] Please Unsubscribe

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 08:19, Kirk Rafferty wrote:
> I've always found it the most helpful for a list admin to just unsubscribe
> the person and be done with it.  It lets the user move on to other things,
> it lets the list move on to more on-topic subjects, and it has the benefit
> of keeping a neutral image of the list.  I.e., person decides to check out
> Linux, and subscribes to a list.  Decides Linux is "too hard" or whatever.
> Wants to unsubscribe, gets yelled at.  Outcome: Not only is Linux too hard,
> but the community are jerks.

What, because it's a Linux list we have to bend over backwards for
people who are too damn lazy to follow instructions? It's one thing if
he'd tried to unsubscribe and there was an error -- but just being too
damn lazy? 

I've got news for you, very few mailing lists are tolerant of this kind
of crap. This is netiquette 101 -- if you opt-in to a mailing list, you
take the responsibility to opt back out. If you can't be bothered, maybe
you don't belong online. 

> It doesn't matter that this is an inaccurate perception.  One person,
> however misinformed, can spread a lot of negativity if that was their
> perceived experience.
> 
> If the person is a hobbyist, it may not make a difference.  But what if
> it's a CIO (or future CIO) or high-level purchasing-decision type?  We all
> know that technical merit is only one piece of the puzzle.  It's entirely
> possible to torpedo a huge Linux install project through a few unfortunate
> words.

If this is a CIO, they'd go with Windows because Linux would seem too
hard anyway...if they can't handle a simple Webpage to unsubscribe from
a mailing list, they're not a prime candidate for Linux either. 

Zonker
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