On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Peter Rauch wrote: > > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:14:35 -0400 > > From: Judith Hopkins <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > 1. Let it die of its own inaneness in its own good time, or > > > > 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. > > 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 :-)