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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Peter Rauch wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:14:35 -0400
> > From: Judith Hopkins <[log in to unmask]>
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> > > 1. Let it die of its own inaneness in its own good time, or
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> > The problem with this approach is that by the time the inane
> > thread does die, your more focussed, serious subscribers have
> > become so sick of it that some have unsubscribed.
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> You might think this will be the predominant behavior, but in my
> experience as owner of a number of lists over many years, very few
> people actually leave in disgust. Some complain onlist, some threaten
> to leave --few, usually none, actually leave. I've made it a habit of
> collecting subs/unsubs and of paying attention to the waves of comings
> and goings vis a vis what is going on in the list discussion; you just
> don't lose your more focussed, serious subscribers to occasional
> "inane" threads (I participate in lists that I would call generally
> serious, so I can't vouch for the lists dominated by constant
> inaneness; what is their topical focus?).
I have to agree with Judy here. They have unsubbed on my list and
on another list that I know of, when they become annoyed with negative posts.
I think the best think to do for everyone is to remove that person posting
the negative stuff.
Sue :-)
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