On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:48:07AM +0530, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > > fork(); fork(); > > 1] Newbies > > 2] General > > 3] Geeks > Do the numbers justify the fork? Are there too many geeks or too many > newbies that are so distant from each other that they want to be on > separate lists?
There's no relation between no. of people and no. of lists. It just gives *me* the flexibility to read mails I'm interested in at any given time. Reply to those which I think I can reply to. And ignore (even if it is by not/un subscribing) to some kinds of emails when I think I am too busy. > I believe the real problem here is inproper initiation into the USENET > culture ... the idea about making a first-time poster moderate his own > mail is really good ... some newsgroups already do that, I believe. We > just need to make people understand the new culture they are moving > into when they try GNU/Linux for the first time. That's ok. Let people learn the proper culture the harder way, or the easier way, or whatever. I'm not at all concerned. *When* I *am* concerned, I'll take some time off to talk to some of the guys. > I suggest another idea ... something that we do here at KReSIT. When > someone sends a mail to the list that doesn't fit the guidelines, > _everyone_ should mail the poster directly saying why they think the > mail is not good. I use a pre-written template to do this at KReSIT, > no need to waste time typing things out again and again. Just make > sure send the mail to the poster and not the list! That's not always feasible for everyone. No one has that much time, or energy. Or, maybe, I should just take a break and unsubscribe. And ask *you* once in a while about any interesting happenings ;-) Ok guys. Me taking an off for a few days. Will come back after a break :) -- jaju -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
