[Aslml] Moderated?

[Martin Snow]

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Tate Rogers wrote:

> > There was some problem. How large a problem is a matter of opinion, but
> > there was enough of a problem that many people unsubscribed.
>
> I dispute the "many people" part. There was never any indication that the
> ASLML every suffered any kind of drop in population. Folks selected

The fact is that more than 150 people moved to the moderated list on
yahoogroups.  Does that count as "many"?

> different ways to keep up with the list (i.e., the web interface). IOW,
> most unsubscribers did so due to volume not flamewars or OT posts. Those
> folks made the move to the interface. I doubt this new list will be any
> different.

In my experience, most people used the web interface to avoid the noise of
the old list.  I don't have data to support that opinion, but there
certainly is no evidence to the contrary.  My anecdotal evidence is that I
can think of 5 people in my area that fall in that category.

Martin Snow                           <*>
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