How many Yahoo Group Members does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb but after posting the light bulb story…
- 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
- 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
- 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
- 53 to flame the spell checkers
- 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames
- 6 to argue over whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb”
- … another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
- 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is “lamp”
- 27 to post URL’s where one can see examples of different light bulbs
- 14 to post that the URL’s were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL’s
- 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handlethe light bulb controversy
- 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ
- 44 to ask what is a “FAQ”
- 4 to say “didn’t we go through this already a short time ago?”
- 143 to say “do a Google search on light bulbs”
- 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again