CCL: Requests for Structural Realism article of Prof. Scerri
- From: Igor Filippov <igor.v.filippov%x%gmail.com>
- Subject: CCL: Requests for Structural Realism article of Prof.
Scerri
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:00:47 -0500
Sent to CCL by: Igor Filippov [igor.v.filippov^_^gmail.com]
The whole thing has a feel of one organized astro-turfing campaign.
That's the conclusion I reached after seeing so many requests sent to
the list for a publication which was so blatantly self-promoted.
Igor
On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 18:37 -0500, Jan Labanowski janl%speakeasy.net
wrote:
> Sent to CCL by: Jan Labanowski [janl---speakeasy.net]
> I am seeing a number requests for the
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628920.200-are-you-really-a-realist.html
>
> article that was announced to CCL by Prof. Eric Scerri. Please realize
that:
>
> 1) you are sending your requests to a few thousands people rather than to
the
> author who announced it.
>
> 2) Prof. Scerri is not a CCL subscriber, so he will not likely see your
requests,
> i.e., you are wasting yours and other people bandwidth and time (clicking
on the
> [Delete] button takes time).
>
> If I wanted to read the article, I would just contact the author rather
than a
> few thousands other people who have nothing to do with it...
>
> Jan Labanowski
> CCL Maintainer>
>