[Tango-L] tap tap ..testing .. tap tap: Tango-L still alive?

[Huck Kennedy]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Shahrukh Merchant
<shahrukh at shahrukhmerchant.com> wrote:
>
> Less ironically, however: I have suggested to those who in the past may
> have complained out the lack of quality in some of the posts that they
> post what they consider a high-quality post themselves to "dilute away"
> the flotsam; similarly, I would suggest to those who miss their daily
> dose of Tango-L to post something themselves. Perhaps even something
> provocative ...

     Alas, I fear most of the more creative and provocative people
whose postings I for one have enjoyed reading through the years have
been driven away because they're too afraid of chastisement and
repeatedly getting busted back to newbie buck private (ie., having to
submit all their posts for delayed approval by the moderator, which
effectively makes Tango-L useless to them as a viable discussion
medium).

     It is ironic to hear so many of those delicate souls who clamored
for such strict moderation to now complain about being bored with
Tango-L, and it is also ironic to notice that so many of the
complainers who claimed they were being stifled by "the Tango-L
critics" have failed to bloom into the wonderfully interesting posters
they promised they'd be "if only Tango-L were more civilized."

      I also keep waiting for all those hundreds of people to show up
who we were told were reading Tango-L but not posting, lurking out of
fear because Tango-L was "too mean."  I keep waiting, but all I hear
is:

                         *crickets*

Huck