[NEohioPAL] Donation Reconsideration

[Michael A. Miller]

Hi, Vicki.

This is probably an issue you could have taken to Fred Sternfeld on a
one-on-one basis, seeing as how Fred moderates the board.

Nevertheless, there's one person I know of who was spamming the board
24/7/365 with the same tweaked post. Frankly, I was starting to wonder how
he was getting away with it but I never complained to any third party. If
this is about who I think it's about, I'm glad someone complained.

I've misstepped by trying to post about the same topic within a week, and
received a response refusing my post and detailing the rules. I don't
remember if it was automated or an e'mail from Fred. Also, there was a time
when I kept reposting an urgent notice, and Fred personally e'mailed me and
recommended that I give up because the same people were seeing my posting
each week and no one was responding to my satisfaction—in other words, the
finite population on NEO-PAL couldn't give me the help I needed.


I've never had a problem reaching Fred or whoever was standing in to
moderate the board on his behalf.  It's definitely not automated and thE
huimans behind it are handily accessible.

Personally, I don't care if you donate or not (although any donation is
money well-spent), but your motives for being upset and your approach are
off kilter.

=Michael A. Miller=

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Vicki Fritzman <singingvic at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It seems strange that we still allow a few people to dictate our lives for
> us.  I was all set to donate to NeOhioPal when my tax refund came in, but
> I now pause and am reconsidering this.  The reason for it, is I've been
> informed that one of my favorite posts to look at will no longer be
> available because someone decided to complain that this person exceeded his
> number of weekly posts.  Now it's not like this person is posting all kinds
> of nonsense, etc. and he doesn't over step, in my opinion, so this has
> taken me by surprise and given me cause to ponder.  Especially when there
> are posts about homes for cats and things to sell, and so on - which I
> don't mind - I have a delete key just like everyone else.  However, I'd
> like to know how things get addressed when someone complains; no one seems
> to check with the rest of us as to whether we agree with the complainer or
> how it was addressed.
>
> So ~
> I am now faced with the decision to donate either to a quality
> run, fabulously informative and massively helpful tool of the arts......
>
> Or
>
> Will I just be donating to a mass e-mailing system that is catering to a
> bunch of WHINERS?
>
>
> I'll apologize for my ire, but this decision really came close to my heart
> and I am caught off guard by it.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Vicki Fritzman
>
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