[wlug_org] On fragmentation of the List...

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 15:10 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> A number of people have posted to Wellylug amidst the recent discussions 
> about how theres these other mailing lists (_trade _org etc) available.

there are 3 mailing lists, and they have been here for a long time now.
They are all clearly listed on the website, and were advertised on the
list when they were first created. There is no excuse for not knowing
them.


> 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.

yes, but NZOSS is a very different type of organisation to what wellylug
is.


> 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.

I'm not aware of any "very strict enforcement". Please give me any
example of where someone has "enforced" a rule?

And none of these rules will be a problem for you if you do as the host
wishes. And face it - the host is "god". You don't bite the hand that
feeds you!


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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