Tweeters,

Well, I'd have to say I agree with Scott. I know that four or five other
tweeters subscribers I am aquainted with, are also "mega-deleters". I have
talked to others about this and the general concensus of the people I've
talked to get fed up with the many and diverse topics that strech from plants
and animals to limericks. I am not logged on to this for jokes. If I want
them I go to alt.humor. I just put up with all the things I am not interested
in (I'm not logging off, I'm widely stating) to be able to read the few that
do interest me. I'm not saying that we should stop posting certain messages,
because this is a free line and if one wants to say something than I feel one
should be able to do so. But on the other hand I don't send messages to
alt.humor about my bird sightings either.

Maybe we should have two groups, one specifically for bird sightings and
the other for things like flowers, conservation, fish, government bills,
animals, butterfly's and the likes. Also, Why is it that any time anyone even
starts to mention anything about the types of messages being posted to
tweeters, that "everyone" goes nuts to try and protect what tweeters and it's
diversity of messages are? Are some people afraid that the truth will be
uncovered? That maybe, just possibly, there really are more people logged on
to this group that enjoy a bird note rather than one on something else?

Do many tweeters people actually object to someone posting a message
about a bird sighting? I know many birders who appreciate an on-line way to
get the word out about a rare bird that might show up somewhere. Oregon has
long been ahead of us in their network of communication. Even before on-line
computer groups. It would be nice if we as Washington birders could step up
our communications. It would be to our benefit to do so.

Well, that's about all I will say on the matter. Thanks in advance to
the cutting remarks I am certain to recieve.


Michael Willison
willmi at wwc.edu
College Place Wa