Pet Peeve
I must take a moment from our regular knitterly broadcast to address a Pet Peeve.
I am subscribed to quite a few Yahoo! (NAYY) groups that discuss a wide variety of topics. In the last day or two, one of those groups has been flooded with posts that can be summed up in one of the following sentances: 1) Quit spamming me. 2) I didn't ask for your emails. or 3) Remove me from your mailing list. Now, this mass exodus does not concern me nearly so much as the cited reasons for leaving.
The last I checked (and I check quite often since I'm an admin on one of those lists), to join a Yahoo! was a lengthy process that involved 1) finding the group, 2) clicking a button very clearly labeled "Join this Group", 3) verifying which Yahoo! account you'd like to use for this membership, 4) selecting how group messages are delivered *including* a "no mail" option, 5) filling out an anti-spam CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") form, and 6) clicking another button clearly labeled "Join". Some groups even go a step further and use Yahoo!'s optional "application" system to weed out people based on factors such as geographic location.
So how is it that after all this trouble, someone still has the stones to claim that the group is spamming them? More than that, how can they justify posting messages (and generating even more email) rather than simply logging into Yahoo!, going to the group's main page, clicking "Edit Membership" and finally clicking "Leave Group"? A process with fewer steps than it took to join the group in the first place!
So my advice to everyone out there is this: 1) know what you're joining before you join and 2) know how to unsubscribe yourself from services that you willingly opted into. Just two simple things that will make groups more enjoyable for everyone.
And since I've been unable to take my socks anywhere the last 24 hours (I need to take some photos for the tutorial before I move on with them), I've been carrying around some "mindless" knitting. Here's a sock shot from the "archives":
Jet 24
Yes, that pump does say $2.14 a gallon. A nice break from the post-Katrina $3+ prices, but still not even close to that oh-so-enviable price of $0.89 a gallon I remember from high school. Sadly, I think that tells way too much about my age.
I am subscribed to quite a few Yahoo! (NAYY) groups that discuss a wide variety of topics. In the last day or two, one of those groups has been flooded with posts that can be summed up in one of the following sentances: 1) Quit spamming me. 2) I didn't ask for your emails. or 3) Remove me from your mailing list. Now, this mass exodus does not concern me nearly so much as the cited reasons for leaving.
The last I checked (and I check quite often since I'm an admin on one of those lists), to join a Yahoo! was a lengthy process that involved 1) finding the group, 2) clicking a button very clearly labeled "Join this Group", 3) verifying which Yahoo! account you'd like to use for this membership, 4) selecting how group messages are delivered *including* a "no mail" option, 5) filling out an anti-spam CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") form, and 6) clicking another button clearly labeled "Join". Some groups even go a step further and use Yahoo!'s optional "application" system to weed out people based on factors such as geographic location.
So how is it that after all this trouble, someone still has the stones to claim that the group is spamming them? More than that, how can they justify posting messages (and generating even more email) rather than simply logging into Yahoo!, going to the group's main page, clicking "Edit Membership" and finally clicking "Leave Group"? A process with fewer steps than it took to join the group in the first place!
So my advice to everyone out there is this: 1) know what you're joining before you join and 2) know how to unsubscribe yourself from services that you willingly opted into. Just two simple things that will make groups more enjoyable for everyone.
And since I've been unable to take my socks anywhere the last 24 hours (I need to take some photos for the tutorial before I move on with them), I've been carrying around some "mindless" knitting. Here's a sock shot from the "archives":
Yes, that pump does say $2.14 a gallon. A nice break from the post-Katrina $3+ prices, but still not even close to that oh-so-enviable price of $0.89 a gallon I remember from high school. Sadly, I think that tells way too much about my age.
2 Comments:
WOW! $2.14 a gallon! Our prices have dropped slightly over the past few weeks and we are down to 83.9p per litre of which i am reliably informed there are 4½ of in a gallon which makes it £3.78 per gallon which converts to... $7.17!!
Sorry for the random comment, i saw your blog mentioned on one of the yahoo groups i'm a member of :o)
I really like the look of the tabi toe, and the idea behind them but i couldn't wear them, the very thought makes me feel a bit weird! *lol*
LOL... it helps to live in an oil patch.
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