P3D Re: Dr T

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:34:11 -0700
>From: ron labbe <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Dr T

>Bo Meyer writes:
>>And I am tired of reading mails/letters from Dr George A. Themelis, he is
>>acting as it is his own list, he must have better things to do

>Bo, 
>No offense, but...
>I don't know if this is your first post or how long you've been on the list...
>The good Doctor not only moderates the post for the sheer love of 3D, but
>he offers many services and products at reasonable prices, began and ran
>his own stereo club and contributes more to this list than nearly anyone.
>Few do more to advance the hobby/art/technique of stereo photography than he.
>Please watch out who you flame- he's EARNED his say.

Another thing that's worth mentioning every month or two (because there are
so many new readers of P3D) is that there has been a very deliberate effort,
starting at the creation of P3D and continuing to the present, to keep this
a "kinder, gentler" mailing list, with much higher standards for courtesy
than Usenet or many other mailing lists.

If you compare the end results, I'd say it's worked very well in this format.
It's true that our debates sometimes get a little "high spirited", but
there's very little in the way of actual flames or personal attacks. That
benefits our technical discussions for at least two reasons:
 - If the participants don't get too angry with one another, they're more
   willing to share what they know and more willing to listen, and useful
   solutions can be reached more quickly.
 - In many cases if tempers start to rise, it turns out to have been a
   misunderstanding of terminology, a misreading of a post, etc. Or the
   person making the "offending" post may be willing to restate their
   position in a way that the others can live with. So a calmer approach 
   can clear up misunderstandings more quickly, and avoid all the additional 
   traffic a flame war causes.

A final point - many people get P3D in digest form, and most people reply
to each message in chronological order as they come to it, so it's inevitable
that a list this big will have a certain amount of "inertia", and multiple
replies to a given post. Since this topic came up on a weekend, expect
numerous comments on Monday. :-)

John R


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