<VV> It's been fun...

[John Beck]

I don't get it.  Why is discussion of a GM compact car that incorporates
new ideas and ground breaking ideas, off topic for a Corvair group?  Why
would talk about the fuel sources for that car be off topic?

I thought this was a community of Corvair owners; somewhere that
occasional chatter about new jobs, loss of employment, loss of spouses,
broken legs and other ailments was expected.  --J.B.

Alan and Clare Wesson wrote:
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> I received this message earlier, from a shadowy organisation calling itself
> 'VV-help':
> 
> > For the next 30 days all posts from you to the VVs will be reviewed
> > by one of the moderators (VV-help) to make sure they comply with
> > all the rules before they are sent out.  Moderation is not real time and
> > at times it will take up to 6 hours before you will see what you wrote,
> > if it is approved or get a rejection notice.
> > You are not moderated on vv-talk where the majority of your posts
> > belonged.
> 
> I accept entirely that I have posted several off-topic posts. However, as I
> had already told 'VV-help', and had also mentioned to the list, this was
> because I had been absent from VV for some years, and I had actually
> completely forgotten about the existence of VV-Talk, I hadn't yet subscribed
> thereto (and now won't be).
> 
> Since I received my earlier reminder, I have not started any new non-Corvair
> threads, and I have only responded to a small number of messages onlist (and
> a larger number offlist). Each of my onlist posts has been preceded with a
> warning that the topic was off-topic and shouldn't be being discussed on VV.
> 
> However, for some reason I am being picked on and made an example of (rather
> than the others who posted and/or replied to the other off-topic posts,
> principally the Chevy Volt one).
> 
> As I object a) to being picked on; and b) to being moderated (I will not be
> controlled in this way on something that is supposed to be my hobby), I will
> unsubscribe again forthwith.
> 
> I have enjoyed my brief return, but I will not accept being picked on, and I
> will not submit to heavy-handed and unsubtle moderation. I will submit
> happily to courteous and tactful moderation, but that clearly isn't the
> order of the day, so I will get my hat and leave.
> 
> Bye bye
> 
> Alan
> 
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