1- I do not feel uncomfortable with the number of "methodological" messages that receives this list.
2- I understand that someone could prefer don't to receive such messages. A different and intermediate possibility to that discused until now may be to setup a "methods" topic for the list. The 'mailin' server allows for setting up different "topics" for the same list, so that the user can unsubscribe for the topic he/she is not interested in. Each message from this topic will be labeled appropiately in the subject. El 03/05/11 09:25, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti escribió: > Over the years, I've seen several attempts at setting up public > discussion places for debating econometrics at a professional level: > mailing lists, forums, you name it. All have failed, for one reason or > another. In my view, for a methods-related list to have success, you > need to have two things happening: (1) keep it high-profile (2) keep it > alive. > > In order to achieve (1), the list needs to be moderated, so messages > with subject "What is this cointegration thing people keep talking > about?" would be silently zapped before they see the light of day. But > then, no-one subscribes to a list where a new subject appears once every > four months, so ||: no-one subscribes, no-one answers, no-one posts :|| > (sorry for the musical notation). 3- This was exactly the experience with an "Econometria" list in Spanish, that I managed some years ago. 4- I do not vote now for creating a new list or a topic for this list, but I think we will need to monitor the traffic of this messages on the list to analyze the advisability to take any of this measures in the future. -- Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA APLICADA III (ECONOMETRÍA Y ESTADÍSTICA) UPV/EHU Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83 | 48015 BILBAO T.: +34 946013732 | F.: +34 946013754 www.ea3.ehu.es
