[wlug_org] On fragmentation of the List...

[David Murray]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> But the fact remains that unless we move the list elsewhere, we have to
> abide by Ewens simple rules.  I'd hate to see us being forced to move
> the
> list to a less reliable service just for the sake of a few who want to
> spam the list
> with their advertising.


I'm not convinced that people want "advertising".

AND, there are ways to indicate that there is free stuff available other 
than via email.


Cheers

David