I like reading all this stuff. I don't think that there are too many
messages being sent out, by anyone person or by the group.
But, of course, this goes back to the statement below that what is
too much to one person may be not enough for some else.
I have always felt that this mail list is for anyone to post as many
messages as they like. If anyone else out there feels different, let
pose this this scenario:
I travel quite often on business. If I don't read this mail list
while I am gone, does this mean I should limit the number of messages
I reply to when I get back? See what I mean?
Well, enough of me. But, again, I think this mail list should be as
open as possible.
Roger Metcalf
P-19 #471 "Manstoy"
Tacoma, WA
Puget Sound
--- In WWPotter@egroups.com, "Dennis W. Farrell" <DFARRELL@r...>
wrote:
> Tom: that's the way the list has been operated since its inception
some 5
> years ago. Operation on the new site hasn't changed that. The S/N
ratio
> (aka information content) has varied from month to month and season
to
> season. The definition of satisfactory information content also
varies from
> person to person. We've had flame wars over the subject.
>
> <maintainer's soapbox>
> Both sides have now made their critical comments as it is their
privilege
> to do. Let me suggest to the group that if there are people who
consistently
> post things you don't care about, put their names/addresses in your
kill
> file. You won't have the aggravation, but I'd almost guarantee you
that
> you'll also miss something you would like to have heard.
>
> One outcome of this type contention is that people start doing a
lot of
> their
> emailing off-list. This gets to be habitual and the whole list
eventually
> suffers as people also start addressing their substantive comments
off-list.
> It's that fragmentation which could lead to disappearance of the
list.
> </maintainer's soapbox>
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Thanks -- dwf (Potter Mailing List maintainer)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Medin <medin003@m...>
> To: WWPotter@egroups.com <WWPotter@egroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 13:24
> Subject: Re: [WWP] unsubscribe
>
>
> >I agree. The s/n ratio has dropped considerably since this
listserve is
> >set up to reply to all (all personal messages go to everyone). I
like
> >Potter tips, but I see no reason for me to read everyone else's
personal
> >mail.
> >
> >Tom Medin
> >P19 #434
> >Mpls., MN
> >
> >Grove777@a... wrote:
> >>
> >> did not request to unsubscribe
> >> just a bit of consideration
> >> k
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