[Aslml] Moderated?

[Wynn]

I, for one, would not characterize myself as 'happy' with the old list, but
stayed with it just out of obstinacy and reluctance to change.

So, in the 'stay with the list' column we can add a number who just didn't
bother to switch out of that common human characteristic of inertia.  Nobody
likes change.  I think the 'fact' (using Tate's and Martin's numbers here)
that 150 switched out of a total population of some 1000 or so is highly
significant.

Wynn "Of No Significance" Polnicky


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tate Rogers" <gr27134 at charter.net>
To: "'Martin Snow'" <snowm at ucsu.colorado.edu>
Cc: <Aslml at asl-forums.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: [Aslml] Moderated?


> On Saturday, November 01, 2003 3:00 PM, Martin Snow
> [SMTP:snowm at ucsu.colorado.edu] wrote:
> > 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"?
>
> There was still some 800-900 folks who didn't. Why does the minority rule?
> Did all those folks stop checking the ASLML entirely? Did you survey those
> folks to see if it was strictly for noise as opposed to volume? I have
seen
> that list...yuck...it's like reading an MS users guide.
>
> > > 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.
>
> OK, you know five wimps. That's great. So why do we have a list built to
> order for 150 folks vs the 800+ that were happy with the old list.
>
> Later-
>
> Tater (One Mean Spud!)
>
>