What sorts of messages are inappropriate for Screen-L?
In general, Screen-L is pretty accepting, but there are some types of messages that are better suited for other forums. • Personal attacks on individuals. Healthy disagreement and differing opinions are welcome, but when that disagreement turns into venomous insults and hateful verbal assaults it will not be tolerated. • Comments that have absolutely, totally, fundamentally nothing to do with the study of film or television. Screen-L messages should somehow relate to the study of film and TV, not just the casual enjoyment of these media. This is interpreted rather broadly. Postings to Screen-L need not be dry, didactic treatises from which all joy has been crushed. But also, they should not noodle on about, say, the poster’s penchant for full-lipped actors. • Personal notes to individual Screen-L subscribers. • Posts that duplicate information that has already appeared on Screen-L. If someone asks what “rosebud” was in CITIZEN KANE, only one reply will be distributed. • Messages that q
