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Recently, on Sweain's blog he brought up the sad fact that for many Seekers, the 1st and last post is the same one. And he's right that you grow by asking questions. The problem is...what/which questions?
I'm NOT ofthe school that says, "There are no stupid questions". There are. They are:
Answered in the posts on the list you are posting it within the last couple of months
Answered on the 1st page when Googled

You see, I discovered Heathenry back in the days when it meant searching pagan gatherings, Occult and Metaphysical bookstores and zines, Healthfood stores, etc. Well, there was alt.pagan if you were a college student;>. I don't have patience for those that are too lazy to read the list they're on or just the 1st page from a search engine. Personally, i think the Regin feel the same way. Honestly, I can't think of a single Heathen over a yr that asked for "All That Is" from their 1st post on a list. Those types are also too lazy to even use the material "Sweet Spirits" end them.
I understand some lists and groups run off of antiquated collegat systems can be a pain to get old posts to read but for most nowadays, it's right on the facepage. If you're too lazy to read the posts of the last month or so's traffic, you're too lazy to be Heathen....
Truth,
Patrick Thomas Duffy

Date: 2011-04-20 01:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] heethen_crone
It's not just heathens. It's on a few other lists I'm on too. There will be a newb and they want answers. And not just answers, but to be told that what they want to do is ok. Any pushback generally results in a temper tantrum and banning from the list. Really, yahoo group search is not that hard to use. Usually less than 5 minutes of searching will bring up the posts that answer your questions. Multiple times.

Date: 2011-04-20 09:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] heethen_crone
A lot of this is due to schools recommending e-lists to students as sources of information. They join the lists to pick brains, and get references and then bugger off. Can't tell you how many times we've tried to help these kids only to have them jet as soon as they've got their information.

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