On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:02:55AM -0400, Jeffrey A. Campbell wrote in majordomo-users : > I've been on a lot of lists over the past few years (usually > relating to hobbies) but this is my first time as a list admin. Looking > forward to the opportunity to bounce ideas of fellow list admins. I've CCed this reply to the list managers' list (also at GreatCircle). Really speaking, majordomo-users is for majordomo-specific discussion : and I feel you are really asking list admin / management questions. > One of the things I am having trouble with is keeping a steady > conversation going. We have about 110 members and the conversations seem > to come in fits and starts. We'll have a big burst then nothing for > a week or so. Is this common for new, smaller lists? Yes. Very common. It's not just common to new lists, it's common to 'old' lists too. You use "fits and starts" ... I once described a similar list to someone recently as "burpy" : A sort of undpredictable burp. > As a spin-off of some of the other research and development work > we are doing, we also cooked up a search engine for list archives. Great! list archives add a lot of value for various reasons, none of which I'll bore you with.
