[sdiy] It's an anomoly, don't give up on the list...

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Tony Scharf wrote:

> you know....I just joined this list, and this thread has totaly soured
> me against this community.   Seems like its nothing but a bunch of
> circuit geeks trying to say "its my soldering iron and you cant have it".

Tony,

Don't give up. I've been on this list since Feburary and have found it to 
an invaluable resource. It's been one of the most flame resistant I've 
been on, besides Analog Heaven, which is only flame-resistant due to the 
intensity of its moderators. I have various "sdiy" folders I save gems of 
information in, which is now up to around 400 posts, all indexed on 
different topics. This is the first "flame" war of any sorts I've seen 
erupt in that time. It will die down of its own accord. In the mean time, 
recognize certain e-mail addresses and just hit delete when you see them 
appear; do this for about a week, and then they'll calm down of their own 
accord, and then start reading their posts again once the topic seems to 
change. Everyone here, including people who have gotten snippey lately, 
has useful information to contribute to the list; they've done so before 
and will again.

- Aaron

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