Obviously the forums in many sites have substituted the list. Just two summers ago we had about 40-50 messages per day here
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trey Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:24 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Question about list > I'm a little late in responding to Trey's question and Randy's answer. > > Trey asked, > > >Is the list still active? There hasn't been any traffic for over a week. > >Some please respond. > > Andy replied, > > >Most of the traffic is now on the web-based boards like T&FN, > >LetsRun, etc. > >Been quiet here since the Olympics, but basically the membership > >here is a tiny fraction of what it was 2 or 3 years ago. > > > Unfortunately, that's true. I really don't understand why, unless it's just > the convenience of being able to follow a given thread more easily. My > experience is that the convenience doesn't extend to being able to post > data in tabular form--that is, when I carefully align columns within the > table, posting it on T&FN or polevaultpower destroys that formatting. > > Another good thing darkwing had going for it a few years ago was that the > 2500 or so subscribers represented a more international membership than it > seems to me I see posting on the web-based forums. I did know of a few > people who tried to subscribe to darkwing and couldn't work their way > through the subscription protocol, but that wouldn't explain the departure > of persons who already were subscribed. > > Are there reasons for people leaving darkwing that haven't been mentioned? > > Cheers? > > >
