Re: Good-Bye
| From: | Joseph B. <darkmoonman@...> | 
| Date: | Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 18:49 | 
I've been a long-time member on here (was on here under a handle prior to
this one), and stopped reading of the posts as well as posting myself except
for very rare situations. So, I've not been following this latest.
While I know that he's not true of everyone here, there some people here who
come off both as harsh and as snobbish. I wasn't  a novice conlanger when I
started here, and have a firm extensive knowledge of linguistics, but I was
sometimes snubbed, ignored, and, in one case, publicly ridiculed here.
>I joined this list in the hope that I would find help with my own
>conlang project and find a community with whom I could discuss
>things of mutual interest.  Since joining this this list I have
>received no help, little support, and found no mutual interests.
>  Now my attempts to present a workable definition in the hopes
>that someone will correct my understanding are described as
>flames.  In the current discussion I have been insulted and
>belittled and responded politely, but with understandable
>frustration.
>
>That is enough.  This list ranks well up in the top 10
>unfriendliness lists I have ever tried to participate in, and I am
>unsubscribing.