Reading the arguments about this subject is pretty confusing. One reason for splitting the list is so that more people will use flex related lists. Another reason for splitting the lists is that there are too many posts in one list. The list is apparently stagnating (!) so the splitting strategy is intended to revive it's fortunes even though the list has a huge number of postings that aren't appreciably dropping off.
In my experience flexcoders has to be the most successful list that I know. Some are focussing on the posting stats for the list as some indicator of the health of the flex community. I think we should also look at external factors with that regard. For example, when this list was first started flex information wasn't so easy to come by so it was always going to be the place to come (once you found out about it). These days flex info is everywhere - magazines/books/vide/online - so it's not so neccessary to automatically jump to flexcoders for help. Secondly, a lot of flexcoders members are now rather better than they were with flex so may not need to post so often. Lastly flexcoders are busy people so flexcoders may not be their daily priority in the way it used to be. The flex world has changed. So I think that there are a lot of things to consider. Until it was suggested in this thread that flexcoders was stagnant/draining members/too busy I had no idea there was a problem. Perhaps there isn't. One phenomenom that seems to be growing is that of obscure please for help where the subject and post content is poor. I think the FAQ would help. Anyway, I'm not convinced there's a need for panic or overly fast decisions. Is it just that the flex world is maturing? Paul
