Holly C MacDonald-Korth wrote: > > I don't see what the big deal is. if you want both, subscribe to both. > > what's the difference?
For one, a difference is that then you'll get *twice* the amount of noise messages, even though the s/n ratio may be relatively low on both lists. A more subtle difference is that the mailing list 'scene' gets more fragmented. Eventually we'll end up with micro-lists focusing on every possible subgenre or geographic region with low traffic on each list. A mailing list needs a minimum amount of traffic to function properly. If you start taking away the 312 content and other closely-related-but-not-strictly-Detroit content, I think you risk dropping below that amount. > though many peoples' tastes span both areas, this list was set up to be > detroit > centered. period. Define Detroit-centered then.... It's impossible to draw those boundaries explicitly. We as listmembers set those boundaries implicitly by our collective taste, which for the majority includes 312, which makes it perfectly okay to discuss Chicago music on 313. All IMO of course, Otto
