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I joined up because I want to share my expertise on technical topics - things like Microformats, the Semantic Web and so on. (The possible chance to win an iPhone lured me in, even though it would probably be U.S. only)" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:27:54 GMT"/>			<outline text="A few hours later, I get an e-mail welcoming me in to the programme. I log in only to find that you can't just make any page you like, but have to work to the schedule which Mahalo set. I know they are paying - but this seems to break Benkler's model of social, peer-production which demands that there be a certain level of modularity and granularity to contributions, as well as respect for contributiors." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:29:33 GMT"/>			<outline text="And then I wake up to find my inbox just filled with unending piles of e-mail. I mean like 37 Mahalo-related &lt;i&gt;threads&lt;/i&gt; in my inbox. What were these e-mails? &quot;Intro&quot;, &quot;Hey&quot;, &quot;Hello&quot;, &quot;New guy&quot;, &quot;Intro&quot;, &quot;I'm in! Hi Everyone!&quot;, &quot;hi all!&quot; etc." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:36:09 GMT"/>			<outline text="Okay, I put on a certain curmudgeonly, cynical air, but I hope the dear reader will agree that this is not exactly appropriate. Sorry, but I signed up because I may be able to make a contribution to this product and help guide interested searchers to useful resources on topics I am interested in. That isn't licence to fill up my inbox with chatty introductions by other Mahalo guides." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:40:47 GMT"/>			<outline text="You don't get that when you join Wikipedia or SETI@Home or WikiHow or YouTube." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:46:01 GMT"/>			<outline text="I'm not alone. On the 'greenhouse' list, Benjamin Markowitz writes:" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:48:56 GMT"/>			<outline text="&lt;blockquote&gt;I don't need my account canceled, but we need to do something about all this email. I am drowning.&lt;/blockquote&gt;" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:48:59 GMT"/>			<outline text="Thomas Palompelli writes:" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:49:38 GMT"/>			<outline text="&lt;blockquote&gt;Due to the insane volume of emails i just received to my personal email account, around 65 in an hour, I would like not to participate in Mahalo Greenhouse.  Can you please deactivate my account or instruct me how to do so.&lt;/blockquote&gt;" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:50:00 GMT"/>			<outline text="I forward this message to the Mahalo management with my resignation:" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:50:22 GMT"/>			<outline text="&lt;blockquote&gt;For the same reason, can I do the same? I woke up with a flood of substanceless e-mails this morning. I need my time and a sane amount of e-mail more than I need $15 donations to the Wikimedia Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've already got far too many mailing lists to keep track of without having Mahalo editors just sending tons of &quot;Hi&quot; messages. Count me out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry if I am sending this to the wrong place, but I need my Inbox back as soon as possible, please.&lt;/blockquote&gt;" created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:50:48 GMT"/>			<outline text="So, that was that. I joined to share my expertise. I was never told I'd be put on a mailing list. And now I've left without even trying to submit one page or getting one payment (albeit donated to Wikimedia)." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:51:54 GMT"/>			<outline text="I haven't got time to read the phatic communication from people I don't know. I'm already on Twitter to get phatic communication from people I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; know. Sorry Jason, but this amount of unwanted e-mail has forced me to leave with immediate effect. Good luck with Mahalo." created="Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:54:16 GMT"/>			<outline text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.haloscan.com/comments/tommorris/notEveryoneWantsToBeInACommunity59615/&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;postCount('notEveryoneWantsToBeInACommunity59615');&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.haloscan.com/tb/tommorris/notEveryoneWantsToBeInACommunity59615/&quot;&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;postCountTB('notEveryoneWantsToBeInACommunity59615'); &lt;/script&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"/>			</outline>		</body>	</opml>