Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00047)

I imagine this will be "snipped" to heck.
IMHO, some general and specific comments:
Indigestions:
- I think Rich Taylor's comment about "inundation"/too many trivial
responses is right on the money.
- Ramdoss had 20 responses yesterday, for instance. Is this
"theosophical" to impose oneself that many times on all the subscribers? It
wrecks the discussion site.
- While I'm guessing there are at least 50 subscribers to this list, half
the messages are from less than 5 people.- "Lurkers" don't send in
submissions partially because they know they'll likely be pounced on by the
few "regulars" who seems to think it is his/their responsibility to
personally respond to nearly each entry. (Dallas, for one) This is a type
of intimidation. ISN'T THIS A WAY TO 'TAKE OVER' A SITE - possibly for
one's own personal reasons, or from just being out of control/compusive?
- I believe a site is ruined by this mass of trivial response. There is
so much quantity and confusion to the average reader that nothing useful
gets accomplished or discussed. Personal conversations would be better
held off site.
- These discussion sites turn into elemental beehives, and some take
advantage of it and others are taken advantage of.
- Because there are no "rules", what is to stop anyone from ruining or
vastly impairing the usefulness of a site by inundating it with responses?
 My bet is that 90% of viewers are not interested in seeing the same
multiple submissions by the same persons everyday. I'm not.
- I think things/a site should be "managed". 'Not as to personal
individual viewpoints, but as to making oneself a pest and indirectly
destroying the value of a site.
- Does any of the silent majority out there agree with any of this? Does
it make any difference?
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Mark Jaqua