Hear hear! Must agree with SOFA where he talks about signal versus noise when it comes to FZ discussion. At the same time - and I say this in my capacity of KUR forum moderator - there is a risk in the vine/weed talk in that it tends to shut down any other discussion about FZ. I've seen it happen with KUR's forums, and it seems to be happening to the zappa-list as well. Don't get me wrong, the whole vine/weed scene is fine and dandy - heck I've had some wonderful stuff sent off to me through it. Thing is: some deeper discussion is always appreciated and should not get lost amidst the hunt for boots...
(says the Guy Who Never Posts Anything On The Zappa List ;-) Jurgen http://killuglyradio.com/discuss/ http://killuglyradio.com/hot-poop/ > Sometimes I wonder the same thing Glen... > Without actually counting everyone's mail preference, I did a little > "representative" math and I figure less than 30% of the List members > receive the posts made here. I'll go out on a limb and say that it's > most likely the same for KUR (and a good percentage of the posts there > are strictly for vine tracking purposes) - tho' their forums are not > really an 'email list'. I belong to another, much smaller, group that > has a little better than half the members receiving the messages > directly... > In all of these, only a small percentage of the members actually > respond themselves. > Some folks prefer to lurk, I guess. I know that I check-in at KUR > every day, but I only respond when I have something to say - a lurker > by default if you will... > I visited a new FZ yahoogroup the other day. There was activity, but > not what the membership number would indicate as really "active". I > perused a page of messages, and found all of it rather pedestrian - no > one really had anything to say. I didn't join. > Let's consider the Zappa forums for a moment. There's a TON of stuff > to read there, every Zappafan in the world has thrown in their two > cents - but, really, how much of that is discussion worthy. Not much, > IMO. So numbers don't always mean much. The content 'says' a lot more. > The folks who post here seem to have more to actually say - the reason > that I love this List. > Sorry to have bored anyone... > Music is the BEST! > SOFA ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/jGKolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
