New list for green, sustainable homebuilding

[Reader]

A new yahoo list has been formed to discuss topics related to green,
off-the-grid, sustainable homebuilding technologies, issues, questions, and
so on.

Please check out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/green_sustainable_off-grid_homebuilding and
consider joining this list if this is a topic you are interested and/or
involved in.

 

[Vaughn Simon]

What was wrong with all the other yahoo lists that address the same
topic? For that matter, what is wrong with usenet?

Or for that matter, what is wrong with this group? If we continue to
segregate ourselvews into an infinite number of obsure groups, we (at minimum)
lose critical mass and access to a range of different experiences and opinions,
and (at worst) end up talking to ourselves.

The last thing the world needs is yet another "new Yahoo group", or yet
another spammer trying to promote it.

Vaughn

 

[Reader]

You should know the answer to your own question. Unmoderated lists like this
get jerks (you know who you are) who feel free to use abusive, gutter
language that others interpret as coming from trashy people. Moderated lists
avoid such jerks, thankfully. And spammers are not allowed on them, period.

Some of us prefer interacting with intelligent, educated people who speak
(write) professionally. Moderated yahoo lists avoid the garbage that too
often appears on these usenet groups--as I'm sure you already know but
apparently refuse to acknowledge.

 

[Reader]

One more, and most importantly--the new list has a different focus than this
group does. This is on power and energy aspects. There's more to building a
green home than just the energy. The new list focuses specifically on
building new homes using green, sustainable, renewable approaches in ALL
aspects, not just regarding energy.

 

[Vaughn Simon]

... And spammers are not allowed on them, period.

This is amazing! Do you realize that most of us consider your post spam?
....and you are telling us that we should use your group to avoid spammers?
Spammers like you?

Further, many of us prefer Usenet precisely because it is free of moderators.

Vaughn