Re: List volume

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

Tim McCarthy wrote:
> 
> Simon touched on this in a posting earlier this week: the amount of chit
> chat and irrelevant garbage that's being spouted on this list in the
> last month or so is becoming unbearable. Some of these threads just seem
> to ramble - it's like an AOL chatroom. Am I wrong or did this list used
> to be a useful reference source? And while I expect flames for this
> opinion, please keep them short :)


No Flames from this quarter.  I was just thinking this morning about
how much time it takes to wade through the list.  I hate to be a wet
blanket, but the chattiness really cuts down on the list's usefulness
(as do threads that ramble through new topics without the "subject"
changing).

I understand that there is a sense of comraderie here, but I'm afraid
the signal to noise ratio may drive away some valuable participants.

jte


P.S.
One possible solution; a Midrange-CHAT list for those who want to
discuss off-topic lists with there midrange friends.  The old NewsLink
forum had this and it helped keep the technical forums clean.  
(Assuming David has the resources and inclination to host such a
forum).



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