[Aslml] Moderated?

[Mountain View Cottage]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wynn" <aslwynn at cogeco.ca>
To: <gr27134 at charter.net>; "'Martin Snow'" <snowm at ucsu.colorado.edu>
Cc: <Aslml at asl-forums.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Aslml] Moderated?


> 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.

Hmm, I don't - it was *bound* to happen - there's new supply for
the existing (monopolized) demand. To lose 15% to new competition
is a victory.

>
> 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!)
> >
> >
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