How should a newcomer try to influence a Yahoo! group's netiquette?

Question

I'm a member of a Yahoo! group which discusses a topic I'm largely ignorant about. Since I know so little, I've only lurked. Another who's been a member longer than me, seems to be well-respected, and posts regularly, uses a lot of ellipsis (...) instead of periods or a commas, and never correctly to indicate missing words. I find it distracting so I skip over most posts by this author.

Recently, a couple of other members have begun to immitate this annoying misuse of ellipsis. Before now, I found these members both informative and entertaining, so I'm reluctant to ignore them as well.

I know I cannot get over my irritation. I can ignore the people who abuse ellipsis and miss out on what they have to say, but that sucks. Should I email members directly and attempt to correct their punctuation privately? Should I ask the moderator to intercede for me? Should delurk to ask, off-topic, the group to stop with the ellipsis? I imagine negative outcomes for all these options.

Answer 1

None of the above. If it annoys you, don't read it. Just set an example with your own posts.

Answer 2

Since you use the following words: distracting, annoying, irritation, when pointing out someone else's Netiquette habits, & you say you can't get over it, perhaps this site is not for you. Your are not the Netiquette Monitor here & if you have no right to point out someone else's faults, unless you are free of them yourself.

Answer 3

I'm...sorry...what...was...the...question?