GL Responds: Suggesting 'heavy contributors' go silent is to ask reporters, editors and analysts of Goanet (or any newspapers in a city) to 'go quiet' to encourage the tranquil ani sussegad to speak. Some have accepted the suggestion. Let's hope it works.
Rather that an administrative suppression of a discussion or a supposed time-line restriction, Cornell suggest self-censorship! It's not a bad idea. A better one (and a serious one) would be for individuals to impose a self-censorship of not more that say five posts (one per day) ON THE SAME THREAD. After-all how many NEW THINGS can one say on the same topic? :=)) Of course there should be exceptions if it is an instructive and educational topic - specially related to Goa. This would solve the two and more problems in one act. Now we can have our cake and eat it too without conflict. And we won't be Yetha or Vetha rre? Regards. Cornell: As to the closure, or not, of discussion, I'd rather see a topic die, even if this is slow, than see an imposed closure of 24 hours. However, Fred's proposal to obtain comment on this issue, from the wider readership, is a good one in the interests of democracy. In this respect, my other big question is how can we get the silent majority to contribute to Goanet? This is most important in my view. Perhaps, if some of the 'heavyweight contributors' went silent for a while, this would help to draw others into contributing. Should we try this? I'd be more than happy to oblige if this will help.