Subj : Re: The Peanut Gallery trolls again
To   : Nick Boel
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 03:12 pm

-=> Nick Boel wrote to Bj}{rn Felten <=-

 > Roll your eyes as much as you want, but instead of the usual response
 > from the Peanut Gallery, you could inform the list keeper of any
 > errors.

 NB> Just to clarify for future reference..

 NB> So any and all requests for change sent to the 'editor', who is
 NB> technically the one that can edit any of the pages before they finalize
 NB> a release of the newsletter, get ignored?

Yes.  He's *very* busy, you know.  Maintaining that newsletter is a very 
demanding fulltime job and he MUST delegate such tasks to subordinates.

 NB> If so, then one can ask are you an actual editor, or just a publisher?

He's neither.  He launches a script (or likely a "batch file") which 
takes the various pieces of boilerplate text (that never change) and 
stitches them together into one chunk that is then auto-posted.  This 
takes approximately 8.4 seconds, and has to be done EVERY WEEK.  I don't 
know how he can manage such a workload.



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