# List etiquette question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 25, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699 "2006-07-25T00:21:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan_t)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699/1 "2006-07-25T00:21:51Z")

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I’ve written a little ruby/rails hangman-ish app to keep my wife  
occupied at  
work that I think list members might also find interesting. I’m new to  
this  
list so I wanted to see if it would be considered bad form to post the  
link  
before I did. There aren’t any ads so I’m not getting anything out of  
more  
visitors, but I still didn’t want to take the chance of incurring the  
wrath  
of a list I might need help from in the future. : ) Would I be shunned  
and  
exiled for doing so??

Bryan

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**Author:** ![bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan_t)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699/2 "2006-07-25T00:31:15Z")

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Don’t worry.

Let’s see this beast !

Dennis Byrne

“Bryan T.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
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07/24/2006 02:19 PM  
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[Rails] List etiquette question

I’ve written a little ruby/rails hangman-ish app to keep my wife  
occupied  
at work that I think list members might also find interesting. I’m new  
to  
this list so I wanted to see if it would be considered bad form to post  
the link before I did. There aren’t any ads so I’m not getting anything  
out of more visitors, but I still didn’t want to take the chance of  
incurring the wrath of a list I might need help from in the future. : )  
Would I be shunned and exiled for doing so??

Bryan\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
Rails mailing list  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
[http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

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**Author:** ![bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan_t)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699/3 "2006-08-03T14:23:29Z")

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For all of the maybe 6 people on the list who only use Internet Explorer  
and  
couldn’t use the app before, I’ve updated it so that it works in IE too  
now.  
You can also now choose whether you want the images to come from Flickr  
or  
Yahoo and I’ve added a couple other minor things. I think I have fixed  
the  
nil image error too so if you get that again let me know.

Thanks to all those who commented about it before. I hope people  
continue to  
enjoy it.

Bryan

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**Author:** ![bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan_t)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699/4 "2006-08-04T04:07:04Z")

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Got it, thanks.

My apologies to all, I didn’t realize there was an [ANN] thread (though  
I’m  
sure I it was probably mentioned in the registration emails).

While I doubt I’ll be doing any more major development (not my day job  
🙂  
I’ll keep the points in your email in mind if there’s anything else I  
want  
to share.

Bryan

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**Author:** ![bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@bryan\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan_t)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-etiquette-question/99699/5 "2006-08-03T14:23:37Z")

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On 7/24/06, Bryan T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’ve written a little ruby/rails hangman-ish app to keep my wife occupied at  
> work that I think list members might also find interesting. I’m new to this  
> list so I wanted to see if it would be considered bad form to post the link  
> before I did. There aren’t any ads so I’m not getting anything out of more  
> visitors, but I still didn’t want to take the chance of incurring the wrath  
> of a list I might need help from in the future. : ) Would I be shunned and  
> exiled for doing so??
> 
> Bryan

Standard etiquette allows one annoucement, with the [ANN] prefix in  
the subject. This assumes its not a commercial/pay-only site or  
something. I would imagine if you are doing this often, people will  
start to get annoyed, but an occasional annoucement about a new site  
or plugin you’ve written is fine.

- Rob  
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