it is well proven many ignores are legacy issues, left over from the good old days when SI was the wild west of its genre. of my ignores, many are no longer active members, were banned for use of dual registrations (or more), left over from age old "turf" wars, and all sorts of encounters from long ago and mostly forgotten. Some of them are, like in your case, tit for tat ignores because I have the ignoree on ignore. As far as my people marks go, I would imagine, since I don't actually know who they are, they are mostly people with whom I have had very fruitful conversations (mostly in private or by email) over the last decade going on a decade and a half. I'd like to think, of what's left of the many thousands of people I have encountered on SI over the years, that these 99 represent the cream off the top, after weeding out all of the countless repetitions, those stuck within the limits of their own learning curve, whittled down to some quite tremendous thinkers and doers, who have done many many interesting things, and who have offered ever more interesting ideas in all the time that has passed since I joined in 1996. Mostly I ran into them by noticing them when they, and I, were completely unknown in the familiar sense. Something stood out. And, well, here we are today; I feel very very fortunate I both noticed them and interacted with them.
That I find MW more than repulsive has little to do with your question or even the poor statistics you used as the basis of your measure. I was merely saying, how I find him to be, and I asked if anyone did not rec the post, that they contact me and esplain why they don't believe me. Maybe you did do that, but I wouldn't have known, because you have been on my ignore list for years. However, in your case, I don't find you repulsive; please be assured. I find you have nothing interesting to offer even on your best day; and surely we all have uninteresting days posting not so interesting things merely to break the occasional boredom.
Okay?
by the way, your own stats, since you think they are meaningful, are absolutely horrid. some of the worst I think I've seen over these 16 years on SI. |
