[wlug_org] On fragmentation of the List...

[Mark Foster]

A number of people have posted to Wellylug amidst the recent discussions 
about how theres these other mailing lists (_trade _org etc) available.

The reason people often dont use these lists is that fragmented lists have 
a smaller audience.  To use the adsl mailing list as an example, many 
discussions wound up starting on the larger main list and the 'chat' 
alternative that was provided to reduce the noise count took quite a bit 
of effort to get people to use.

I personally think that a less policed list will be of more value.  On 
NZLUG we don't have to actively police policies very often - plenty of 
rope is given. Not many actually succeed in hanging themselves.

I dont know that WellyLUG is benefiting from its current set of rules as 
evidenced by recent discussions, and its not like the list volume is so 
large that very strict enforcement such as is currently the norm is really 
necessary.

Mark.