Re: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: sonic list shutting down

From: Ron Bauerle <BAUERLE_at_engr.erie.ge.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 10:10:54 -0400 (EDT)

>From: Ratman <rat_at_rat.org>

>After thinking about it more, I think I'd like to shut the sonic list down.

Isn't that a bit overreacting?

>I'll shut it down this weekend, so you all have a week to say your goodbyes
>or whatever.

Will list-admin Erich be back by then? But if it's your machine/account,
I guess it doesn't matter...

>now, all we've got left is fanfic, and the comics. I just don't feel
>it's worth it reading this list anymore. And come on, if you've read some
>of the recent posts, you're probably agreeing with me.

Well, that's what the delete command is for, but I can't argue with the low
quality lately...

>Those are my reasons, and this is not open for debate.

The main things I _don't_ want to lose are Ken Penders' inputs as a Sonic
writer/insider and Dan Drazen's reviews of the comics (even if he _was_
apparently the straw that broke your back just by posting a "thanks"
comment to the list instead of taking it to e-mail...)

>And I do encourage you to use the alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog newsgroup. If your
>internet provider does not carry it, tell them to! It's very easy to add
>newsgroups, so they have no excuse.

Except when they're GE and they decide to drop 90+% of the alt.* traffic
(even though they supposedly still carry the groups). I really can't blame
them, since it's not related to business stuff. However, since all I have
is a 286 system at home, I'm not going to upgrade to a 486 with Windows just
so I can sign up with somebody like AOL - I'll go back to my genealogy hobby
before I do _that_...

Maybe what I'll do is maintain my original Sonic list and expand it to
include the "quality" regulars from this list; maybe somebody else will
want to restart it up as a regular mailing list again sometime...

Well, it's been fun, but I guess nothing lasts forever except the love of God;
bye everybody...

Ron Bauerle

Received on Mon Jun 03 1996 - 10:20:13 PDT