RE: Roll Call

["r. gockley" <rgockley at andrew_cmu.edu>]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, michelle wrote:

> i think a lot of us are probably finding it interesting.  i know
> i am and i've been hanging around here for a couple of years.
> the tediousness is in the format, not the people.

i have to admit, i tend to agree with bruce on this one. i think it brings
back back memories of spending too much time on aol chat boards, where
every five minutes a newcomer would yell "a/s/l check!".

it's definitely a format issue, though. if someone were to, say, code up a
database that lostees could post to from a web page, i'd happily check.
but wading through message after message of an ever-growing list of
names... after the first couple, you start having to actually -read- the
whole list each time just to see who's new.

in short: fifty messages a day of lively debate is great. fifty messages a
day of a chain letter, not so good. IMNSHO, at any rate.

-- rachel
(who's been on this list since at least 10/97)
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