I think whenever you get advocacy posts then you see a flurry of posts.
If you don't like those types of posts, you usually pretty quickly
identify them by topic (currently it is the mod_perl programmers are in
demand subject line).. and can filter out...Delete delete delete...
I may be wrong, but I think the amount of techie info that flows across
this list is less than 20 typically? Or am I wrong?
"Dominic A. V. Amann" wrote:
> Although I like mailing lists, I am beginning to see a pattern.
> A list becomes useful at around 5-20 daily contributions. At
> around 30+, I glaze over and skip tons of stuff, wishing it
> would end already. modperl is well over that limit, and I now
> have to unsubscribe just to keep my day productive. Also, I
> perceive that signal to noise is diminishing with increasing
> size.
>
> Perhaps it is time to further specialize the list into
> sub-topics?
>
> --
> Dominic Amann, <http://www.interlog.com/~damann/>
> Linux Based Solutions Ltd.
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