Re[2]: List explosion

["David H Ritterskamp" <dhritter@dpcmail.dukepower.com>]

       And, frankly, a lot of the clever repartee taking up band-width 
     lately isn't quite as clever to those not taking part as it is to 
     those participating. 
     
     [That, my lady, is open to debate.  But if you don't find it 
     entertaining, well...see below]
      My subscription to the list is at work, 
     [so's mine.]
     and I'm not actually getting much work done lately -- I spend a lot of 
     time deleting messages.  Can we limit on-line discussion to things of 
     broader interest, please?  
     [that's a little vague, milady - do you propose to break _everything_ 
     down?  
     
     I personally don't have much of an interest in rapier activities, and 
     yet when the flood of rapier-related stuff came down the pike, I read 
     the first couple of lines, saw that it wasn't anything I wanted to 
     read, and proceeded to the next message.
     
     Likewise, I don't have a _huge_ interest in combat archery scores 
     (since my name's not on the list) but I flipped through it anyway.
     
     Likewise, I'm sure that there are other things that people will come 
     up with that neither you nor I nor quite a few other people will be 
     interested in.
     
     The solution I use is that with my mail program, there's a way to set 
     a "rule" that dumps all Internet messages (Atlantian is about all I 
     get, but I don't have any work-related internet addresses, if that 
     tells you something) to a special folder.
     
     If you have this option, I suggest you explore it; but asking a group 
     like this NOT to talk is, well, kind of like herding cats.
     
     Thanks, and sorry if I'm cranky -- it's Friday afternoon, and I had 68 
     messages when I came in this morning, of which about 3 were 
     work-related.
     [Been there, doing that - ]
     Melisande
     [& Melisande, one final point:  IMO, a lively net (which wasn't 
     occurring (that I know of) when I first got on here) is a sign of an 
     active, interested community.  If the dialogue gets a little silly and 
     even trite, well, I just skip over it.  And I've been told that I post 
     a LOT.  I don't disagree with that at all...but if there was any way 
     to tell that even one thing I've put up here wasn't amusing to 
     somebody besides myself, I'd be shocked.]
     
     Apologies,but I like it the way it is,
     
     J. Blackbow
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Subject: List explosion
Author:  Tanner Lovelace <lovelace@netcom.com> at Internet 
Date:    5/31/96 4:00 PM
     
     
Annara wrote me today asking about the possiblity of a digest 
because of traffic on the list.  I hadn't thought it was that
bad until I logged on and checked today.  Yesterday, we posted over 
120 mail messages!  Today, as of 4pm EDT, we've processed almost 100! 
Wow!  I guess a digest needs to be a higher priority now.  Scott,
can we do it?
     
In service,
Lord Kendrick Wayfarer
Listkeeper, Merry Rose
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